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Monday Morning, Brother Paul still La-La-Li-ing, even after fifty years since first writing and recording “The Boxer.”
I really enjoyed this live version documented in the clip above, filmed just two months ago, where Simon stops the song for a minute to tell a wonderful anecdote about an unlikely fan.
Thanks to YouTuber Rosie Tobin
That was nice! Thanks! (I guess that I am not the only one getting older!!) 🙂
In some performances, Simon sings an additional verse to The Boxer:
Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly
I am older than I once was, but younger than I’ll be
That’s not unusual.
No it isn’t strange, after changes, more changes
We are more or less the same;
After changes we are more or less the same.
You can here it here, in this perfromance with Joan Baez:
https://youtu.be/7fB-8Wr6a-8?t=3m15s