Depeche Mode - 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 her, she loves me,
but I don’t fit in her society
lord have mercy on a boy from
down in the boondocks

Every 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’

Down in boondocks,
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 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

Down in the boondocks,
down in the boondocks
people put me down,
‘cause that is 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
lord have mercy on a boy from
down on the boondocks