Backyard Album Version Appears On Keep It Together, Keep It Together 5 Song Sampler, Selections from Keep It Together guster.net Tablature Meow Mix Appears On The Meowstro Sings Guster's Keep It Together Lyrics Ryan Miller Music Guster Producers Roger Moutenot David Henry Mixing (album) Mike Shipley Mixing (meow mix) Adam Gardner Matt Peskie  Album Version Sessionography Adam Gardner backing vocals, banjo, piano Ryan Miller bass guitar, lead vocals, mellotron Brian Rosenworcel bongos, keyboard, percussion  Album Version Guests Ron Aniello additional insturments David Henry upright bass Jim Hoke harmonica Ben Kweller frightening double-necked string insturment Jacob Lawson additional insturments Randy Leago additional insturments Brandon Mason additional insturments Roger Moutenot moog Joe Pisapia banjo Neil Rosengarden additional insturments Josh Rouse backing vocals  Meow Mix Guests Matt Peskie lead vocals Notes: All guest musicians who contributed to Keep It Together were forced to adhere to the band's strict Boneyard policy. This policy forced all guest musicians to record one pass (and only one pass) on this song (which used to be called "Boneyard"). The guest musicians were not allowed to hear the song before they played, nor were they told the chords of the song or what instrument they were to play. The meow mix of this track was deceptively labeled as "Keep It Together" when first posted on KaZaA.

Album Version

In the backyard In the garden You were always there Digging down where roots Would burrow underneath Now the grass is always overgrown And the weeds are choking out the sun Pretty soon they'll come under the door And you don't care In the backyard Since last summer Almost nothing left Just some pieces of the roots that once dug in Now the grass is always overgrown And the weeds are choking out the sun Why do you still come home anymore When you don't care? (Huh, huh key change)

Thanks to the inspiring motivation of Kyle Nelson for transcribing these lyrics, to the early bird resourcefulness of Ted Evans
for production information and to meow Mr. Pibb and the always meow legendary conguero Brian Rosenworcel
for information on meow meow.