In My Own Backyard
I THOUGHT THAT LIFE
WAS RUN NIN' OFF
LEA VIN' ME BE HIND
SO LIKE A FOOL
I JUMPED THE FENCE
JUST TO SEE
WHAT I COULD FIND
BUT LOVE KEPT
DI SAP PEA RIN'
LIKE CHIL DREN
CHA SIN' FIRE FLIES
IN THE DARK
AND TO THINK
THAT I ONCE HAD IT ALL
IN MY OWN BACK YARD
YOU'D NE VER
KNOW IT NOW
BUT I USED TO
HAVE IT ALL
A SWING SET
AND A PLAS TIC POOL
A SHAG GY DOG
THAT LIVED
TO FETCH A BALL
AN AN GEL
WITH A GLASS OF TEA
LAUG HIN' AT THE KIDS
AND ME
ALL SOA KIN' WET
FROM WASH IN'
THAT OLD CAR
AND TO THINK
THAT I ONCE HAD IT ALL
IN MY OWN BACK YARD
THAT BARE SPOT'S
GROWN O VER
WHERE THIRD BASE
USED TO BE
AND THE WEEDS
HAVE CHOKED OUT
ALL THE FLOWERS
BUT THEY CAN'T KILL
THE ME MO RIES
LORD I'D LOVE
TO RUN BACK HOME
BUT THERE'S NO ONE
THERE FOR ME
AND THAT GRASS
I USED TO HATE TO MOW
SURE IS LOO KIN' GREEN
YOU'D NE VER
KNOW IT NOW
BUT I USED TO
HAVE IT ALL
A SWING SET
AND A PLAS TIC POOL
A SHAG GY DOG
THAT LIVED
TO FETCH A BALL
AN AN GEL
WITH A GLASS OF TEA
LAUG HIN' AT THE KIDS
AND ME
ALL SOA KIN' WET
FROM WASH IN'
THAT OLD CAR
AND TO THINK
THAT I ONCE HAD IT ALL
IN MY OWN BACK YARD
WOH
YOU'D NE VER
KNOW IT NOW
BUT I USED TO
HAVE IT ALL
ONCE I HAD EVE RY THING
IN MY OWN BACK YARD
