One of my daughters was having trouble passing her driver's test for her license. She was disheartened after failing the test a second time. As we were driving around Anchorage practicing for her third try. She and I wrote this parody to Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do".

Backing Up Is Hard To Do
by Mike Campbell and Tina Campbell - 1994

I turned 16, but I can't go far,
Not until I learn to drive the car.
The driving test gives me the blues,
Cause backing up is hard to do.

My daddy said, "Now don't you cry,
Why don't you give it just another try,
It is a skill that you'll get through,
Though backing up is hard to do."

        They say that backing up is hard to do,
        Now I know, I know that its true.
        I don't want to be dead,
        Instead of backing up I wish that we were going straight ahead.

I beg of you, don't make me cry,
I just don't understand the reason why,
Why I can't circle a block or two,
Cause backing up is hard to do.

Remember when I was just five,
You told me how much fun it was to drive,
Well long ago I trusted you,
But backing up is hard to do.

        They say that backing up is hard to do,
        Now I know, I know that its true.
        I don't want to be dead,
        Instead of backing up I wish t