Lyrics
White Boys From New Jersey
Words & Music by Paul Nahay & John Sawoski
BOTH: We're White Boys, from New Jersey!
PAUL: Yo, chill out while we tell you 'bout the two of us
JOHN: No, our names aren't Mortimer, Clyde, or Gus, I'm John
PAUL: I'm Paul, sort of a Beatles situation,
Except we're of Hungarian
JOHN: And Polish
BOTH: derivation.
JOHN: I was born in '62
PAUL: Me in 1958
BOTH: And we both grew up in the Garden State
PAUL: But don't be givin' us no Turnpike crap
JOHN: Yeah, Jersey means so much more than that... to us
BOTH: White Boys, from New Jersey/ White Boys, White Boys from New Jersey!
PAUL: So whats the scoop, white boy?
JOHN: Did you know that New Jersey has the densest population and more Superfund sites than any state in the nation?
PAUL: Why, of COURSE I did! What, you think I'm some FOOL?
That's the FIRST thing they taught us back in nursery school!
JOHN: Yet we didn't know each other in our youth,
PAUL: Not to my knowledge, though I heard you play piano down at
Glassboro State College. **** (Grieg Concerto Theme) ****
JOHN: But we really met when I was in your class at Stanford U.
PAUL: And you wrote a song that made me laugh so hard, I spewed, it was
Full of ref'rences to every style of music, so I
Said "You've got the talent - now get out of here and use it", you
BOTH: White Boy, from New Jersey/ White Boy, White Boy from New Jersey!
GIRLS: Oh, you White Boy - Talented White Boy... from New Jersey!
PAUL: Then you moved out to L.A.
JOHN: And you to Washington, D.C.
BOTH: And we began collaborating via AT&T.
PAUL: We talked about the projects that we wanted to do next
JOHN: Although our conversations always ended up about sex
PAUL: Well, whatd you expect? Were studly dudes
JOHN: We like to party hardy
PAUL: Yeah,
BOTH: Were no prudes !!!
JOHN: So when the breathin gets heavy
PAUL: And the lights start dimmin',
BOTH: Sorry, gay guys, but... we do women
PAUL: like
BOTH: White Boys, from New Jersey/ White Boys, White Boys from New Jersey!
GIRLS: Oh, you White Boys! Love them White Boys... from New Jersey!
PAUL: Now, we're tryin' to break into this crazy showbiz
You played the Beverly Wilshire
JOHN: Don't forget you played "Les Miz", but whereas
Others may aspire to their "Master of Arts"
BOTH: We want to make it big by rappin' to the top o the charts
JOHN: We crave the fame and fortune, and the fringes it will bring
PAUL: Like having Michael and Madonna phoning US for songs to sing
JOHN: We'll have bikinied babes around us
PAUL: Summer
JOHN: Winter
PAUL: Spring
JOHN: And fall
BOTH: Pretty good for two white guys
JOHN: Jumpin John
PAUL: And Pumpin Paul,
JOHN: Your basic
BOTH: White Boys, from New Jersey/ White Boys, White Boys from New Jersey!
GIRLS: Oh, you White Boys - Gotta have White Boys...
JOHN: Solo time.
**** (Bach) ****
PAUL: No way..... **** (Mozart) ****
PAUL: Yeh right.... **** (Chopin) ****
PAUL: Bogus..... **** (Modern) ****
PAUL: Slammin....**** (Modern) ****
JOHN: Were so white!!!
PAUL: Every now and then, even WE wish we were black
JOHN: So the world would take us seriously when we rap
PAUL: We've even contemplated certain surgical procedures
That would darken and extend our anatomical features
JOHN: But after considerable consideration
We've decided against such cosmetic alterations
PAUL: 'Cause no matter where we live, how we talk, or what we do
JOHN: We simply cant help it, were just too
BOTH: White Boys, from New Jersey/ White Boys, White Boys from New Jersey! We're White Boys, from New Jersey
White Boys, White Boys from New Jersey!
GIRLS: Oh, you White Boys/Gimme a White Boy... from New Jersey!
Love them White Boys/Do it with White Boys... from New Jersey!
JOHN: (Spoken) Boy, Im hungry.
PAUL: (Spoken) Wanna go to donut king?
JOHN: (Spoken) How bout Bobs House of Lard?
PAUL: (Spoken) Yeh, you only live once.
© & (P) 1994 John Sawoski & Paul Nahay, P.O. Box 7060, Beverly Hills, CA 90212
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