My mommy and my daddy came from Ireland in 1924

They settled in New Jersey

They bought a house with a big front porch

I went to school down on the corner

My old scout master taught me the guitar

And I still can smell those autumn leaves burning in my old backyard

Oh, I'm a Jersey boy

Jersey boy

From the streets of old East Orange to the Jersey Shore

To the Palisades

I'm here to say

I'm a Jersey boy

My first best friend was Charlie

We'd throw snowballs at each other way back when

When Mickey Mantle and Phil Rizzuto were still in the game

And my first true love was Carol

She was pretty and she lived in the neighborhood

On a street with trees and sidewalks

Where everybody knew their neighbor good

Oh, I'm a Jersey boy

Jersey boy

From the old Pulaski Skyway to Lake Hopatcong

To the Hurricane Bar

Deep in my heart

I'm a Jersey boy

I remember thinking long ago when telling a bartender named Stewart

"I don't think I'll ever be discovered singing country music here in Newark"

So I took a Greyhound bus on down to Nashville, knocked on doors and made some friends

One opened up and I walked through, and I

I never was the same again

Oh, I'm a Jersey boy

Jersey boy

Looking back, it seems so long ago, and then again

Seems like yesterday

And I'm proud to say

I'm a Jersey boy

And my mind is full of images

Of another time and place

With soda shops and scrimmages

And school girls pretty face, ooh

I'm a Jersey boy

Jersey boy

From the George Washington Bridge to the Clairmont Diner

To the girls I knew

Through and through

Oh, I'm a Jersey boy

Jersey boy

From the streets of old East Orange to the Jersey Shore

To the Palisades

I'm proud to say

I'm a Jersey boy

Jersey boy

From the old Pulaski Skyway to Lake Hopatcong

To the Hurricane Bar

Deep in my heart

I'm a Jersey boy