Dion : Your Own Back Yard ( 1970 )

I've been sitting here, thinking
About when I started in drinking
I went on to dope
It surely did change my life

I cried a tear in a beer for me
I lost everything near and dear to me

Mainly my children and my wife

My idea of having a good time
Was sitting with my head
Between my knees

I knew everything there was to know
Everything except which way to go
I cried, oh, God, take me
Will you, please

Many a time
I swore up and down
I didn't need any of this junk
That was going round

I can quit
Let me finish what I got
After all, this stuff
Sure costs a lot
Then I'll get my feet
Back on the ground

I can't tell nobody
How to live their life
Even though inside
We're all the same

All those things are toys
I was playing with
You know we're all losers
In that game

Now since I've been straight
I haven't been in my cups
I'm not shooting downs
I'm not using ups

You know I'm still
As crazy as a loon
Even though I don't run out
And cop a spoon
But thank the good lord
God, I had enough

Now, I got a friend
His name is Richard Grands
He says you don't need
To be stoned to grow a friend

Believe me
You're all beautiful people
Just the way you are
Tell me, what has that
Stuff done for you so far, yeah

I've been sitting here thinking
Been winking, I been blinking
I don't have to sit around
No more and nod

I can do anything
That I wanna do
I do it straight
I do it so much better too
And it's, it's gotta start
Right in your own backyard

I said it's gotta start
Right in your own backyard
You know everybody has
Their own beautiful backyard

You might have oil wells
In your own back yard
Yeah, your own backyard...
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[manhatin]

This song is what songwriting is all about.

[TheMnfbear]

Ever hear Dion cover leonard Cohen's "Sister of Mercy"?

[TheMnfbear]

Big Dion fan forever. Mott the Hoople covere this song in the '70s.

[stuffweluv]

This has been a special song to me for some time. I have attempted to work out the guitar chords with little success. Can anyone give me a link to chords or basic progression?

[sleepytimegalz]

I love this man with or without music!! This song is his life's story in a nutshell..saw him on the local Catholic channel and both he and his wife were as honest as they could be. What a testimony as to what God can do if you really, want Him to, also after you've given Him back control of your life. Thank you for posting manhatin!!

[JimMcNewman1]

A great song,,,,Dion has a tremendous constitution,,,,thanks to his faith,,,sober for 43 years, I love his voice,, the Hank Williams via Bronx twang.

[NightOwl7667]

@bigbirdandsnuffyfan Amen

[Atomicflash500]

@thisismypage79 WE should compare artists because they all contributed in there own way..as far as a man with soul ? listen to Elvis sing gospel ..it he does not touch your soul then we are all soul less.

[ribs303]

@thisismypage79 Well said man.

[bigbirdandsnuffyfan]

To my mind, the best anti-drug song ever in this talk-song address to drug users, well at least the best I have heard and I am a huge Dion fan, and although he was out of the public eye in the early 70's, well at least not in the pop charts Dion was recording some excellent material, I remember a great album "Sit Down Old Friend", he did must have been early/mid 1970's.

[thisismypage79]

dion is second to elvis lmfao hahahaha!! man elvis couldnt even begin to have dions depth and realness about him!! dion writes and sings soul music man!! and by soul i mean music that touches ur deepest soul and heart !!!!