Jersey

Last school bell 'fore summer rings out

Through the empty streets in a hard knock town

And what ya know, I-95's backed up again

Eastbound, till the road runs out

Salt in the air, shells in the drive at my grandmas house

And I didn't know it there and then

That I'd still be holdin' on like I am

To Jersey, where my mama met my dad

Where I laid my footprints in the sand

Where my growin' up collided with my innocence

I left my innocence back in Jersey

Anything could happen under them northern stars

When ya got a beach cruiser for a getaway car

And a two week paycheck full of lifeguard cash

Twenty in the jar, and hear some "Rosalita"

Yeah, all them glory days still taste like cheap tequila

More and more I find myself tryin' to go back

All that time went by too fast

Back in Jersey, where my mama met my dad

Where I laid my footprints in the sand

Where my growin' up collided with my innocence

I left my innocence back in Jersey

In the quarter slot of a pinball machine

Loose cigarette in the pocket of my jeans

In the willing eyes of a boardwalk queen

And a blanket on the beach

When I'm lost, gettin' caught at the end of my rope

Missin' home, losin' hope

I close my eyes and go back to Jersey

Jersey, where my mama met my dad

Where I laid my footprints in the sand

Where my growin' up collided with my innocence

I left my innocence back in Jersey

In the quarter slot of a pinball machine

Loose cigarette in the pocket of my jeans

In the willing eyes of a boardwalk queen

And a blanket on the beach

When I'm lost, gettin' caught at the end of my rope

Missin' home, losin' hope

I close my eyes and go back to Jersey

I'm goin' back to Jersey

Oh, take me back to Jersey