Down in the Boondocks

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 him
He loves me
But I don't fit in his society
Lord have mercy on the girl
From down in the boondocks

Every night I watch the lights
From the house up on the hill
I love a boy who lives up there
And I know I always will

But I don't dare go near his door
'Cause his folks won't let me in
So I have to try to be content
Just to see him whenever I can
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 queen
And I never never will look back

Until that day
I'll save my love for the boy I'll soon call mine
But tonight he'll have to steal away
To see me one more time

Down in the boondocks...
Lord have mercy
On the girl from down in the boondocks
Lord have mercy
On the girl from down in the boondocks