Down In the Boondocks



Artist: Billy Joe Royal (peak Billboard position # 9 in 1965)

Words and Music by Joe "Games People Play" South



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 her society

Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks



Every night I watch the light of 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



CHORUS



(Down in the boondocks, 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, never will look back

Until that morning 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



CHORUS



Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks

Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks



Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz

ronhontz@worldnet.att.net