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The boxer

from Revolutions by The Bookshop Band

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This song was inspired by the story 'The Boxer' by Pietro Grossi. Here's the video from the night: vimeo.com/30324492

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The Boxer

Just a young boy standing in the fringes
Just a young boy tied to a ridged life
A quiet place in the corner
Made of structure and sacrifice

Just a young boy standing in the fringes
Just a young boy tied to a ridged life
A quiet place in the corner
You wouldn’t look twice
You wouldn’t look twice

But today he felt strange
And today looked aside
To follow the winds of change
Into another life

Of and his words they threw a punch
That broke his mothers wrath
His will it took a stance
That would not be held back

Just a young boy standing in the fringes
Just a young boy Tied to a ridged life
A quiet place in the corner
You wouldn’t look twice
You wouldn’t look twice

Till he found himself in the corner
With the world watching him dance
Till he found himself in the corner
With the world watching him dance

From the corner the young boy could see
And from the corner the young boy he flew
And from the corner of the ing he grew strong fists that
Broke the air in two

(Instrumental)

Just a young boy standing in the fringes
Just a young boy tied to a ridged life
A quiet place in the corner
You wouldn’t look twice
You wouldn’t look twice
You wouldn’t look twice
You wouldn’t look twice

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from Revolutions, released June 1, 2012

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The Bookshop Band write songs inspired by books and play them in bookshops. They started as a collaboration between a group of musicians in Bath and their local independent bookshop, Mr B's Emporium. Now they are about to go on tour, sponsored by Vintage Books and Independent Booksellers Week, around other bookshops and lit fests. Catch them if you can. Details at www.thebookshopband.co.uk ... more

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