In My Own Backyard Lyrics - Diffie Joe

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 

Youd 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 spots grown over where third base used to be 

And the weeds have choked out all the flowers 

But they cant kill the memory 

Lord, Id love to run back home 

But theres no one there for me 

And that grass I used to hate to mow, sure is looking green 

Youd 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