Key: A minor
Verse 1
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I know
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you've heard a lot of stories,
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but I'd like to tell you this one.
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It happened some years ago, in a very small place,
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where we was con sidered.
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In a little country town,
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I was born and raised.
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Right next door is where she lived,
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I was young,
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but my love grew for her more each day
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But her folks, did not understand,
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Locked in the back between
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And although it stood between us,
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I prayed of all the day would come
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when I'd have her by my side
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There would be no fence between us
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I just wanna testify
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I was a back yard lovin' man
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Oh, I remember
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I remember
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The years have passed
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We've grown up from this old town
She's moved
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Now I'm still tryin' to make it
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I miss that little country girl
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But if we were seen together now
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Even though she's in
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She still can't erase the love she had
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For her backyard lovin' man
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We have to slip away
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It's so plain to see there's
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Standin' in our way
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And I wanna tell you all I'm still
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her backyard lovin' man
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I just wanna testi fy I'm still her
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backyard lovin' man
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Oh, oh, I remember
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When we were young we talked of love
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Through cracks between the fence
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And that barrier between our love
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Has been there ever since
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I want to tell you all that I'm a bad
God -loving man
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I just want to testify I'm still a bad
Together we will have our way
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And we won't care what people say
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And I want to testify that I'm a bad
God -loving man
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I just want to testify that I'm a bad
God -loving man
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I just wanna tell the world that
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I'm a backyard lovin' man
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I just wanna tell the world that
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I'm a backyard lovin' man
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I just wanna tell you that
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