Bette Midler - Boxing lyrics

Howard, the strangest things

Have happened lately when I

Take a good swing

And all my dreams

They pivot and slip

I drop my fists

And they`re back, laughing.

Howard, my intentions

Become not to lose what I've won

Ambition has given way

To desperation and I

I've lost the fight from my eyes.

Boxing`s been good to me, Howard

Now I`m told

"You`re growing old"

The whole time we knew

a couple of years I`d be through

Has boxing been good to you?

Howard, now I confess

I`m scared and lonely and tired

Everyone says I`m made of clay

that I`ve had my day

that I`m not cut out for this

I just know what to say

And I say:

Boxing's been good to me, Howard

Now I'm told

"You`re growing old"

The whole time we knew

A couple of years I`d be through

Has boxing been good to you?

Well, sometimes I punch myself

Hard as I can

Yelling, "nobody cares!"

Hoping someone will tell me how wrong I am

Howard.

Boxing's been good to me, Howard

Now I'm told

"You`re growing old"

The whole time we knew

A couple of years I'd be through

Has boxing been good?