Boy From The Country Lyrics - John Denver

This song appears on two albums, and was first released on the An Evening With John Denver album as a live track, and has also been released on the Some Days Are Diamonds album as a studio version. 

Because he called the forest brother 

Because he called the earth his mother 

They drove him out into the rain 

Some people even said the boy from the country was insane 

Because he spoke with fish in the creek 

He tried to tell us that the animals could speak 

Who knows, perhaps they do 

How do you know they don't 

Just because they've never spoken to you 

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Boy from the country, he left his home when he was young 

Boy from the country, he loves the sun 

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He tried to tell us that we should love the land 

We turned our heads and laughed 

And we did not understand 

Sometimes I think that the boy from the country 

Is the only one who sees 

Because the boy from the country 

Doesn't want to see the forest for the trees 

Boy from the country, he left his home when he was young 

Boy from the country, he loves the sun 

Words and music by Michael Murphy