Down in the boondocks   Down in the boondocks   People put me down 'cause   That's the side of town I was born in   I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society   Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks      Ev'ry night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill   I love a little girl that lives up there and I guess I always will   But I don't dare knock on her door   'Cause her daddy is my boss man   So I'll just have to be content   To see her whenever I can      Down in the boondocks   Down in the boondocks   People put me down 'cause   That's the side of town I was born in   I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society   Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks      Down in the boondocks   Down in the boondocks      One fine day I'll find the way to move from this old shack   I'll hold my head up like a king and I never never will look back   Until that morning I'll work and slave   And I'll save ev'ry dime   But tonight she'll have to steal away   To see me one more time      Down in the boondocks   Down in the boondocks   People put me down 'cause   That's the side of town I was born in   I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society   Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks   Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks   Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks