Down In The Boondocks

<br>Down in the boondocks down in the boondocks<br>People lookin` down cause that`s the side of town I was born in<br>I love him he loves me but I don`t fit in his society<br>Lord have mercy on the girl from down in the boondocks<br><br>Every night I watch the lights from the house up on the hill<br>I love a boy who lives up there and I guess I always will<br>But I don`t dare go near his door cause jis folks won`t let me in<br>So I have to try to be content just to see him wherever I can<br>Down in the boondocks...<br><br>One find day I`ll find a way to move from this old shack<br>I`ll hold my head up like a queen and I never never will look back<br>Until that day I`ll save my love for a boy I`ll soon call mine<br>But tonight he`ll have to steal away to see me one more time<br>Down in the boondocks...<br>Lord have mercy on the girl from down in the boondocks