The Backyard

The Daniel Parkhill Project

“The Backyard”
Lyrics and Music by Daniel Parkhill

Met my friends in the backyard
In the summer I was lookin’ to be a man.
Didn’t know how it would change me, raise me.
But I didn’t think about that.

Every Sunday we’d wake up,
And paint the town red like a gang of misfit toys.
Didn’t think it was that big of a deal at the time,
But you don’t think about that.

Now I’m a grown up and life’s not a show
And the taxes will crucify me.
But when I kick back, relax, I reminisce and I laugh
Like I did in two thousand and three.

The baseball field in the backyard
Still reminds me of days that we were there.
Got the cops called on us a few times,
But we didn’t care about that.

Now I’m a grown up and life’s not a show
And the taxes will crucify me.
But once in a while I’ll watch a tape and I’ll laugh
At ourselves in two thousand and three.

Wrote this song in the backyard
Thinkin’ about those days, and I kinda miss them.
I was in love with the intensity of teenagery,
I didn’t think about that.

Now I’m a grown up and life’s not a show
And the taxes will crucify me.
But I realize that everything’s exactly the same
As it was in two thousand and three.

Met my friends in the backyard.