Down In The Boondocks
Billy Joe Royal
1965
jaar
Top 40
24
piekpositie
Top 40
7
weken
Top 40
76
punten
Top 40
Artiest
Titel A-kant
Down In The Boondocks
Lengte A-kant
2:32
Componist(en) A-kant
Joe South
Producer(s) A-kant
Joe South
Titel B-kant
Oh, what a night
Lengte B-kant
2:10
Componist(en) B-kant
Joe South, Marvin Junior, Johnny Funches
Producer(s) B-kant
Joe South
Platenlabel
CBS
Catalogusnr
1.948
Hoogste positie UK
38
Hoogste positie US
9
Album
Down in the Boondocks
Top 40
Songtekst
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
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
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
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
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks
Lord have mercy on the boy from down in the boondocks