We Grew Up In Your Backyard

from Hold Nothing Dear by Shirts Vs. Skins

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As told by Brenden.

This song is for James, Max and Sean.

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I found a letter I wrote back in eighth grade this week
And I'm nowhere near where I thought I'd be

I drove to your neighborhood last weekend to see how things had changed
Your house still looks okay, but I feel like it's starting to age
And Copper passed away, I'm just glad the poor girls out of pain
And the weather vane sits on your roof but it doesn't spin the same

It's naive to say I miss it, and I hope that you do too
I'd give anything just to turn back time with you
And these streets they are so different from the ones we said we know
I'd give anything for just me, the boys, and you

It sucks that Marlene's little store is gone now
They may even tear it down
Sean's old place is still for sale
It's been years since they moved out

Where did all the kids disappear to?
I need to know so I can find myself with them again

For the better part of eighteen years I'd always known that you'd be here
Now I'm left to wonder where we went wrong

Where did we ever go wrong?

(We took life for granted while we ran these streets
No one could touch us, we were royalty
And I miss it, and I wish that things were different
But we all had to move on)

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from Hold Nothing Dear, released August 2, 2013

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Shirts Vs. Skins Greensburg, Pennsylvania

2009-2015. Thank you for everything.

We were five kids with some stories to tell, if you've got the time to listen.

#LongLiveSVS

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