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My Backyard

from My Backyard (EP) by The Melted Coins

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I was meeting up with childhood friends in the town where I grew up
It’d been years since I’d been there, and I found I parked my truck
Right outside my old house, didn’t know 'til I was there
Rolled down the windows and breathed that honeysuckle air
I looked at the backyard and the memories there

It was a baseball field and a battleground and a place to count the stars
Have a catch with Dad - run through the grass - chase fireflies in the dark
It was everything - both near and far
It was the whole world - in my backyard

Caught myself grinning, thinking ‘bout the day
My friends and I decided that we would try to make
A real baseball field with dirt paths to each base
We dug up that yard until my dad got home
The look on his face could’ve melted stone (‘til he joined in)

It was a baseball field and a battleground and a place to count the stars
Catch hell from Dad - run through the grass - chase fireflies in the dark
It was everything - both near and far
It was the whole world - in my backyard

My first kiss and my first fight - the first time I snuck a beer
The first time that I felt God in a sunset I was standing there
I took the first small steps from a boy into a man
Right there in that yard I began to understand
That I was one small part of a larger plan

A car pulled in the driveway - a dad and his son
The boy jumped out and said, “Hey Dad, to you have the time to throw me some”
And as they disappeared behind the fence
I thought what I would give for one more chance
To be back in that yard for one more catch

It was a baseball field and a battleground and a place to count the stars
Have a catch with Dad - run through the grass - chase fireflies in the dark
It was everything - both near and far
It was the whole world - in my backyard

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from My Backyard (EP), released October 24, 2021

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The Melted Coins is folk rock(ish) music from Jason Peterson out of Lafayette, LA, via Chicago, Nashville, and a cup of coffee in a few stops along the way.

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