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The View From New Jersey Did you lose everything on your hard drive? Did you come out to Hoboken sucking wind? There's lots of kids commuting out to Wall Street here They're all waiting for their real lives to begin And you, you thought that they'd all find you special Well, you're special, but nobody really cares 'Cause they'll confer degrees on anybody with the cash to blow You decide yourself if that's unfair Oh, you were pretty once That ain't too hard to guess Won't you unlatch that suit just in case there's something left? That's the view from New Jersey Practicing your pick-up lines on your own damn self Another cheesy Washington Street bar Too sedate to smash the state and too tremulous That's where you be when you don't know who you are But ask any partygoer, any nighttripper Ask the kids lined up at Twilo or at Nell's What's the good in ever looking fabulous When the crowds are outside toasting David Wells? If that make-a no sense to you You can flip it in another tongue One you knew when you were young Though you lost your cutie pie-ness That's the view from New Jersey Surprised to find that you're glad you stayed C'mon, let's take a walk on the palisade Sure, there'll be times when you get your views dismissed But only by those who don't know that such views exist And getting rid of dead wood feels so good And we call this the Casting-Off Place Awake with the smell of rubber and burning paint Better than feeling lost when you're feeling faint That's the view That's the view That's just the view Only the view Not the hippest, I'm aware But it's damned good that it's there New Jersey Trapped in the corner in your bumper car It doesn't even help to turn the wheel Everybody's gonna get their hits in now Bear up in it and be thankful you still feel back |