Lyrics to
Down In The Boondocks

This version of Down In The Boondocks was released by Kenny Loggins in 1978.

Visit the Kenny Loggins Lyrics profile at Decade Lyrics - it has the Down In The Boondocks lyrics as well as the rest of the songs by Kenny Loggins.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Kenny Loggins or about the 1970s in general.

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 and she loves me
But I don’t fit her society
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks

Every night I will watch the light from the house upon the hill
I love a little girl that lives up there, I guess I always will
But I don’t dare knock on her door
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 and she loves me
But I don’t fit her society
Lord have mercy, on a boy from down in the boondocks (harmony)

Down in the 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 – 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 and she loves me
But I don’t fit her society
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks
Lord have mercy on a boy from down in the boondocks

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Kenny Loggins?

Kenny Loggins has released many songs over the years besides Down In The Boondocks. Kenny Loggins released songs from 1976 to 2007 spanning across albums like Celebrate Me Home, Nightwatch, Keep The Fire, High Adventure, Vox Humana, Back To Avalon, Leap Of Faith, Return To Pooh Corner, The Unimaginable Life, December, More Songs From Pooh Corner, The Essential Kenny Loggins, It's About Time, and How About Now. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Kenny Loggins.

If you're a fan of lyrics from 1970s songs looking for more songs from 1978 or the 1970s overall, you've come to the right place!

About Lyrics and Down In The Boondocks by Kenny Loggins

The lyrics to Down In The Boondocks are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Kenny Loggins used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Down In The Boondocks have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Kenny Loggins and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Down In The Boondocks by Kenny Loggins. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Down In The Boondocks" means the words set to the music of Down In The Boondocks, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Kenny Loggins. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Down In The Boondocks and the lyrics to Down In The Boondocks are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Kenny Loggins who came here looking just for the lyrics to Down In The Boondocks, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

More Songs & Lyrics by Kenny Loggins

Visit our Kenny Loggins profile for more Kenny Loggins songs, lyrics & info!

)