"I am just a poor boy.
 Though my story's seldom told,
 I have squandered my resistance
 For a pocketful of mumbles,
 Such are promises
 All lies and jest
 Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
 And disregards the rest."

-Simon&Garfunkel: The Boxer
(written by Paul Simon, Thomas Owen Mostyn Rowlands, Edmund John Simons, Timothy Allan Burgess)