Statistics for Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer (Lyrics Quiz)

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THE BOXER	% Correct
I am just a {poor} boy	98%
Where the New {York} City winters	96%
I come looking for a {job}	92%
I was no more than a {boy}	92%
On Seventh {Avenue}	92%
In the company of {strangers}	90%
In the quiet of the {railway} station	90%
There were {times} when I was so lonesome	90%
Though my story's {seldom} told	90%
When I left my home and my {family}	90%
But the fighter still {remains}	88%
I do {declare}	88%
Still a man {hears} what he wants to hear	88%
And {disregards} the rest	87%
I am leaving, I am {leaving}	87%
In his {anger} and his shame	87%
In the clearing stands a {boxer}	87%
Asking only workman's {wages}	85%
But I get no {offers}	85%
I took some {comfort} there	85%
Only they would {know}	85%
And a {fighter} by his trade	83%
Or cut him till he {cried} out	83%
Then I'm laying out my winter {clothes}	83%
And he carries the {reminders}	81%
Such are {promises}	79%
All lies and {jest}	77%
I have squandered my {resistance}	77%
Running {scared}	77%
Where the {ragged} people go	71%
Just a come-on from the {whores}	69%
Laying low, seeking out the poorer {quarters}	69%
Aren't {bleeding} me, leading me, going home	67%
Looking for the {places}	67%
For a pocket full of {mumbles}	63%
And wishing I was {gone} going home	62%
Of every {glove} that laid him down	60%