Released: May 25, 1972
Songwriter: Boomer Castleman Michael Martin Murphey
Producer: Bob Johnston
Because he called, the forest brother
Because he called, the earth his mother
They drove him out.... into the rain
And some people even said
That the boy from the country was insane
Because he spoke.... with fish in the creek
He tried to tell us, that the animals could speak
And who knows, perhaps they do
How do you know they don't
Just because they've never spoken to you
Boy from the country
Left his home when he was young
Boy from the country
He loves the sun
He tried to tell us, that we should love the land
We just turned our heads and laughed
You see we did not understand
Sometimes I think the boy from the country
Is the only one who sees
Because the boy from the country
Doesn't want to see the forest for the trees
Boy from the country
Left his home when he was young
Boy from the country
He loves the sun
Because he called, the earth his mother
They drove him out.... into the rain
And some people even said
That the boy from the country was insane
Because he spoke.... with fish in the creek
He tried to tell us, that the animals could speak
And who knows, perhaps they do
How do you know they don't
Just because they've never spoken to you
Boy from the country
Left his home when he was young
Boy from the country
He loves the sun
He tried to tell us, that we should love the land
We just turned our heads and laughed
You see we did not understand
Sometimes I think the boy from the country
Is the only one who sees
Because the boy from the country
Doesn't want to see the forest for the trees
Boy from the country
Left his home when he was young
Boy from the country
He loves the sun
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Geronimo’s Cadillac (1972)
- Buckaroo Blue Grass (2009)
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- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Radio Land
- Face to Face with the Night
- The Pony Man
- Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew’s Song)
- O Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
- Disenchanted
- Got to Pay the Fiddler
- Woodsmoke in the Wind
- Wild Ripplin’ Waters
- Pearls in the Snow
- The Running Blood
- Family Tree
- Two Step Is Easy
- Cool Water
- Rings of Life
- Two-Step ’Round The Christmas Tree
- River of Time
- I’m Gonna Miss You, Girl
- The Old Chisholm Trail
- Love Affairs