Backyard lyrics

[AMÉLIE]

I washed and folded all of your laundry

I fixed that sink with the leak

I left you some meals in the freezer;

Enough to last you a week

So maybe when the weather is warmer

And you have a day that is free-

Dad, you should come and visit me

[RAPHAEL, spoken]

Nope. Can't leave my buddy here alone

[AMÉLIE, spoken]

The gnome is keeping you here?

[RAPHAEL, spoken]

Hehaho

Yeah

[RAPHAEL]

A garden gnome's life isn't easy

There's terra-cotta rocks in the turf

Once I went away for a weekend-

[AMÉLIE, spoken]

Great!

RAPHAEL]

-Some neighbors painted him like a smurf

I need to be here to protect him

I'm kinda like his body guard

I'm better off in my backyard

[RAPHAEL, spoken]

Uh I gotta run to the store a-and pick up some touch-up paint

[AMÉLIE, spoken]

Okay...

You're comin' with me

• Artist:Amélie (musical)
• Album:Amélie (Original Broadway Cast Recording)