"Green-Eyed Boy" Lyrics

(Dolly Parton)

I flew off to the wild blue yonder, I had a dream and I had to go
I'm filled with a sense of wonder from the love I shared with a green-eyed boy
Lips as sweet as mountain honey, a body warm as homemade wine
But he had no dreams and no means for money but he had me just anytime.

Chorus:
Take me back, If just in memory
And fill my cup again with joy
The fire still burns in the old rock chimney
And I still burn for that green-eyed boy .

Now he was pretty with chiseled features like the movie stars in the magazines
My first love and the son of a preacher, I fantasized me was James Dean
But the world outside kept pulling at me, offered me fame, respect and gold
Designer clothes and a fancy mansion, expensive cars, so I chose those.

Chorus:
Take me back, If just in memory
And fill my cup again with joy
The fire still burns in the old rock chimney
And I still burn for that green-eyed boy .

Chorus:
Take me back, If just in memory
And fill my cup again with joy
The fire still burns in the old rock chimney
And I still burn for that green-eyed boy .

Oh, oh, how I love that green-eyed boy
Ooh, and I still miss that green-eyed boy.

Do you think about me when the nights are long and cold
Do you ever miss me, do you my green-eyed boy?...