Oh, barefoot boy   Once he came unto a land   Of forests and of streams   That tumbled through   The meadows to the sea      He called it home   For many were its wonders   And he learned to live upon the land   Taking only what he needed      Barefoot boy   He don't like your concrete   He seek the country   Any way he can      Barefoot boy   He's fading down your street   Yes I know he'll never   Come this way again      And time passes on   In this life of always changing   People coming building cities   Cut your forest pave your highway      Oh, barefoot boy   He wraps his blanket 'round his shoulders   He says goodbye to misty mountains   Once more he sets off to wander      Oh, barefoot boy   He don't like your concrete   And he seek the country   Any way he, any way that he can      Barefoot boy   He's fading down your street   Yes I know he'll never   Come this way again