Intro: verse 1 Where are the boot straps, to lift myself up? Where is the well where he once filled my cup? Where does this sorrow all turn into joy? And where, oh, where is the sleepy eyed boy? verse 2 Where is my true love when the wind starts to moan? Is he out in the wild, is he there all alone? Have I cast him aside like an unwanted toy? Tell me where, oh, where is my sleepy eyed boy? verse 3 He’s going down the back roads in a cold pouring rain He’s waiting for a postcard in the warm coast of Spain Postmarked from a sweetheart back in old Illinois Saying, where, oh, where is my sleepy eyed boy? Instrumental: verse 4 Where are the boot straps, to lift myself up? Where is the well where I once filled my cup? Where does this sorrow all turn into joy? And where, oh, where is my sleepy eyed boy?