Lyrics and music ©2025 by Lawrence Mark Lesser
They brought me in to survey how people use their yards.
I took a random sample: the fun was off the charts:
Some use their yards for parties [woohoo!], most use them to relax,
Many dine and grill, some play with their pets.
I love to say I get to play
in ev’ryone’s backyard,
in ev’ryone’s backyard!
They brought me in to measure everyone’s homestead
For scary heavy metals like arsenic and lead. [yikes!]
The project had great meaning, well worth the toil:
Now all the gard’ners know what’s in their soil!
I love to say I get to play
in ev’ryone’s backyard,
in ev’ryone’s backyard!
They brought me in to brainstorm an experiment to find
What makes kale grow best -- with a split-plot design:
I helped them understand what claims were sound.
I stood by the Hedges’ gee, I stood on solid ground!
I love to say I get to play
in ev’ryone’s backyard, ev’ryone….!
I love to say I get to play
in ev’ryone’s backyard,
ev’rybody’s yard….
best job by far….in ev’ryone’s backyard…
where the nearest neighbors are…..
Ev’ry day, a new way,
I get to play in ev’ryone’s backyard!