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