I know
you've heard a lot of stories,
but I'd like to tell you this one.
It happened some years ago, in a very small place,
where we was con sidered.
In a little country town,
I was born and raised.
Right next door is where she lived,
Lucy was her name
I was young,
but my love grew for her more each day
But her folks, did not understand,
they made me stay away
Locked in the back between
her house and mine
There stood an old brown fence
And although it stood between us,
this is where each day we met
I prayed of all the day would come
when I'd have her by my side
There would be no fence between us
We would leave all this behind
And I wanna tell you all
I was a back yard lovin' man
I just wanna testify
I was a back yard lovin' man
Oh, I remember
I remember
The years have passed
We've grown up from this old town
She's moved
Now I'm still tryin' to make it
And she's makin' front page news
I miss that little country girl
The soft touch of her hand
But if we were seen together now
No one would understand
Even though she's in
a different world
Where all her moves are grand
She still can't erase the love she had
For her backyard lovin' man
If we want to share our love
We have to slip away
It's so plain to see there's
still a fence
Standin' in our way
And I wanna tell you all I'm still
her backyard lovin' man
I just wanna testify I'm still her
backyard lovin' man
Oh, oh, I remember
When we were young we talked of love
Through cracks between the fence
And that barrier between our love
Has been there ever since
I want to tell you all that I'm a bad
God -loving man
I just want to testify I'm still a bad
God -loving man
Rise above it all someday
Together we will have our way
And we won't care what people say
And I want to testify that I'm a bad
God -loving man
I just want to testify that I'm a bad
God -loving man
I just wanna tell the world that
I'm a backyard lovin' man
I just wanna tell the world that
I'm a backyard lovin' man
I just wanna tell you that
she's my backyard lovin' girl