Boy From The Country Words and music by Michael Martin Murphey [Original Key:6=D] from An Evening With John Denver (1975)
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(Because he )
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Because he called the forest brother,
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Because he called the Earth his mother
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They drove him out into the rain,
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Some people even said that the boy from the country was insane.
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Because he spoke to fish in the creek,
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He tried to tell us that the animals could speak.
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Who knows, perhaps they do,
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How do you know they don't just because they've never spoken to you.
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Boy from the country left his home when he was young
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Boy from the country he loves the sun.
※Same as INTRO
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He tried to tell us we should love the land,
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We just turned our heads and laughed you see we did not understand.
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Sometimes I think the boy from the country is the only one who sees,
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'cause the boy from the country doesn't want to see the forest for the trees.
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Boy from the country left his home when he was young
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Boy from the country he loves the sun.
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"Boy From The Country"
