[Intro]
[Horns tuning up
Crowd chatter
Stick click-off]
[Verse 1]
Oil stain driveway
Cooler on a chair
Auntie flip a cookout plate
Smoke in the air
Kids chase bubbles
Old folks talk that talk
Neighbor from two streets over
Just showed up to rock
[Chorus]
Brass in the backyard
Feet on the ground
If you got a heartbeat
You got you a sound
Clap on the two and the four (hey!)
Shake what you got
Brass in the backyard
We making it hot
[Verse 2]
Granddad in the doorway
Hat tipped low
Grinning like he thirty
When the first notes blow
He grabs my hand
Says
"boy
Don’t you sit"
Life’s too short
Not to dance a little bit
[Chorus]
Brass in the backyard
Feet on the ground
If you got a heartbeat
You got you a sound
Clap on the two and the four (oh yeah)
Shake what you got
Brass in the backyard
We making it hot
[Bridge]
Line up
Line up
Round the folding chairs
Wave that napkin
Swing it in the air
Down the driveway
Out into the street
Every step in rhythm
Every soul on beat
[Chorus]
Brass in the backyard
Feet on the ground
If you got a heartbeat
You got you a sound
Clap on the two and the four (hey!)
Shake what you got
Brass in the backyard
We making it hot