Down In The Boondocks Lyrics - Classic Masters - Joe South

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,