https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igqV2wUrYOA
Back In Your Own Backyard Song Lyrics and Chords by Brenda Lee
Back In Your Own Backyard
Recorded by Brenda Lee
Written by Al Johnson, Billy Rose, Dave Dreyer
Intro:
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(You can go to the east you can
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go to the west
But you'll always come to where you
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started
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think that are
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waiting for you
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back in your own back
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yard
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your own back
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castle in
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day you'll come
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happiness
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bird with
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under your eyes) in your
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own
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back
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Back In Your Own Backyard?
- The song Back In Your Own Backyard was sang by Brenda Lee.
Who is Brenda Lee?
- Brenda Mae Tarpley (born December 11, 1944), known professionally as Brenda Lee, is an American singer. Performing rockabilly, pop and country music, she had 47 US chart hits during the 1960s and is ranked fourth in that decade, surpassed only by Elvis Presley, the Beatles and Ray Charles. She is known for her 1960 hit "I'm Sorry", and 1958's "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", which has become a Christmas standard.At 4 ft 9 inches tall (approximately 145 cm), she received the nickname "Little Miss Dynamite" in 1957, after recording the song "Dynamite" when she was 12, and was one of the earliest pop stars to have a major contemporary international following.In 1969, Lee returned to the charts with her recording "Johnny One Time" penned by A.L. "Doodle" Owens and Dallas Frazier. The song reached #3 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and #41 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song also earned Lee her second Grammy nomination for Best Pop Female Vocal. Later success came with a return to her roots as a country singer, with a string of hits through the 1970s and 1980s. She is a member of the Rock and Roll, Country Music and Rockabilly Halls of Fame. She is also a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. Lee is the only woman to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll and Country Music Halls of Fame. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
