Nothing ever changes (nothing ever changes)
In your own backyard
So you wanna get out when you can
You say your folks don't understand
But if you wanna make a difference
You better start
Closer to the heart
With some backyard changes
A cause and an effect
What do you expect
It could be more than you're able
Ain't no hit and miss
So tell it like it is
All your cards on the table
Six days a week
And you're holed up playin' hide and seek so far
Who knows where you are
And nothing ever changes
In your own backyard
So you want to get out when you can
You say your folks don't understand
But if you wanna make a difference
You better start
Closer to the heart
With some backyard changes
A pounding on the walls
They say that duty calls
You don't know where to begin though
Outside of seventeen
Life's a different scene
Than the view from your window
Bend till you break
It's a dealer's game of give and take away
Few have learned to play
And nothing ever changes
In your own backyard
So you want to get out when you can
You say your folks don't understand
But if you wanna make a difference
You better start
Closer to the heart
With some backyard changes
There in your own world
The same keeps coming round
The same keeps coming round
If you were in the real world
You'd swear
You could turn it upside down
But nothing ever changes
In your own backyard
So you want to get out when you can
You say your folks don't understand
But if you wanna make a difference
You better start
Closer to the heart
With some backyard changes
Nothing ever changes (nothing ever changes)
In your own backyard
So you want to get out when you can
You say your folks don't understand
You wanna make a difference (wanna make a difference)
Then you better start
With some backyard changes