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1985

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Comedy

1985 was released on June 2, 2022 by Bo Burnham as a part of the album The Inside Outtakes

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OVERVIEW

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bo Burnham

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Bo Burnham

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bo Burnham

Producer

John Greenham

Mastering Engineer

Mike Malchicoff

Mike Malchicoff

Mixing Engineer

Paul Matelski

Assistant Recording Engineer

Tess Greenham

Assistant Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

He's a really cool guy, he's got a cool shirt

He's got cool shoes, did I mention the shirt?

If you ever got the chance to meet him

You'd know why I want to be him

He walks into a room

And everyone respects him (everyone respects him)

He reads the news

And doesn't let that shit affect him (let that shit affect him)

He's really happy, he's thrilled to be alive

His name is any white guy in 1985

White guy, 1985 (1985)

White guy (White guy), 1985 (1985)

White guy, 1985 (1985)

White guy (White guy), 1985

He's got a job and a family, how does he do it?

Balances work with his wife's underwhelming cooking

He's got all the answers that I wanna know

How can I be what I am, but 40 years ago? Gee-whiz

Gee whiz, he got it and he flaunts

I am the thing he is, but he is it when I want

I guess it's true that some people really got to fight to survive

And some people are white guys in 1985

White guy, 1985 (1985)

White guy (White guy), 1985 (1985)

White guy, 1985 (1985)

White guy (White guy), 1985

Wait

It wasn't easy being any white guy in 1985

Some white guys were living through the AIDS crisis

Some white guys were Italian

And I'm not saying it's hard being a white guy now

I've misspoke

I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive

I think I just meant my dad in 1985

My dad in 1985 (my dad)

My father, 1985 (papa!)

My dad, 1985

Scott Burnham, 1985 (Scott)

I wanna be my dad (Scott, my father, 1985)

I wanna be my dad in the '80s (Scott, my dad, 1985)

My oblivious white dad in the mid-80s (Scott Burnham, 1985)

My dad was an oblivious white guy (general contractor)

My dad was happier than I am (my father, 1985)

If I could be anybody, dead or alive

I would wanna be my dad in 1985

Written by: Bo Burnham

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