Joe South - Down In The Boondocks lyrics

Ev'ry night I watch the lights from the house upon the hill I love a little girl who lives up there and I guess I always will But I don't dare knock upon her door, 'cause her daddy is my boss man So I got to try to be content, to see her whenever I can Chorus: (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 a boy from down in the boondocks) One fine day I'll find a way to move from this old shack I'll hold my head up like a king and I never will look back Until that day I'll work and slave, and I'll save every dime But tonight she'll have to steal away to see me one more time,