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Artist: John Parish
Canonical path: /john-parish/boxers
Related lyric paths: 6
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Boxers
Read Boxers lyrics by John Parish on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Boxers
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like boxers
find nobility in violence
& no ability to see sense
like boxers
blinkered & bare breasted pugilism
how we all try to keep the fighter within
like boxers
looked for safety in a clinch
& they were bruised but unflinching
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sweet anticipation of the landing of the first blow
& how much better is the devil you know
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from tattered lip a little blood spurt
you always love the ones you hurt
though they were hanging on the ropes
they weren't about to give up hope
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falling & counting
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John Parish performs "Boxers", and this lyric page sits inside the John Parish catalog on LyroVerse.
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