Joe Diffie - In My Own Backyard lyrics

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I thought that life was running off, leaving me behind

So like a fool I jumped the fence

Just to see what I could find

But love kept disappearing

Like children chasing fireflies in the dark

And to think that I once had it all in my own backyard

You'd never know it now but I used to have it all

A swing set and a plastic pool

A shaggy dog that lived to fetch a ball

An angel with a glass of tea

Laughing at the kids and me all soaking wet

From washing that old car

And to think that I once had it all in my own backyard

That bare spot's grown over where third base used to be

And the weeds have choked out all the flowers

But they can't kill the memory

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 looking green

You'd never know it now but I used to have it all

A swing set and a plastic pool

A shaggy dog that lived to fetch a ball

An angel with a glass of tea laughing at the kids and me

All soaking wet from washing that old car

And to think that I once had it all in my own backyard

Whoa, you'd never know it now but I used to have it all

Once I had everything… in my own backyard