Down In The Boondocks lyrics

Artist  : Kenny Loggins 
Song : Down In The Boondocks
 
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, goin’
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
But I need money, honey, give me money, honey
Money, honey, (I need enough) money, honey
I’ll take it to the bank, I’ll take it all down,
just say it to me, oh man
Chorus
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, goin’
Chorus repeats 2x
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the
boondocks
Mama have mercy on a boy from down in the - ooh
Have mercy baby, a little mercy, hang around all
day, take me
Down in the boondocks, da-da-down in the
boondocks (repeats out)