Down In The Boondocks (Live)-New Riders of the Purple Sage

[00:00.00]Artist: Billy Joe Royal [00:06.31]Song: Down In The Boondocks [00:13.00] [00:13.17]Down in the boondocks [00:16.59]Down in the boondocks [00:19.63]People put me down 'cause [00:21.01]That's the side of town I was born in [00:25.53]I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society [00:30.96]Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks [00:35.57] [00:36.53]Ev'ry night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill [00:42.51]I love a little girl who lives up there and I guess I always will [00:48.20]But I don't dare knock on her door [00:51.24]'Cause her daddy is my boss man [00:54.00]So I have to try to be content [00:57.04]Just to see her when ever I can [01:00.36]Down in the boondocks [01:03.04]Down in the boondocks [01:05.89]People put me down 'cause [01:08.08]That's the side of town I was born in [01:11.57]I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society [01:17.35]Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks [01:24.59] [01:29.25]Down in the boondocks [01:32.07]Down in the boondocks [01:34.72] [01:34.96]One fine day I'll find the way to move from this old shack [01:40.64]I'll hold my head up like a king and I never never will look back [01:46.22]Until that morning I'll work and slave [01:49.44]And I'll save ev'ry dime [01:51.86]But tonight she'll have to steal away [01:55.01]To see me one more time [01:58.07] [01:58.24]Down in the boondocks [02:00.88]Down in the boondocks [02:03.57]People put me down 'cause [02:05.30]That's the side of town I was born in [02:09.27]I love her she loves me but I don't fit in her society [02:15.04]Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks [02:20.87]Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks [02:26.70]Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks [02:32.00]---------END--------