Tom Waits - "Jersey Girl"
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"Jersey Girl" by Tom Waits from the album 'Heartattack And Vine'
Lyrics
got no time for the corner
boys, down in the street
makin’ all that noise, don’t
want no whores on eighth
avenue, cause tonight i’m
gonna be with you.
cause tonight i’m gonna
take that ride, across the
river to the jersey side, take
my baby to the carnival,
and i’ll take you on all the
rides, sing sha la la Ia Ia Ia
sha la la Ia.
down the shore every-
thing’s alright, you with
your baby on a saturday
night, don’t you know that
all my dreams come true,
when i’m walkin’ down the
street with you, sing sha Ia
la Ia la Ia sha la la la.
you know she thrills me
with all her charms, when
i’m wrapped up in my
baby’s arms, my little an-
gel gives me everything, i
know someday that she’ll
wear my ring.
so don’t bother me cause
i got no time, i’m on my
way to see that girl of mine,
nothin’ else matters in this
whole wide world, when
you’re in love with a jersey
girl, sing sha la la la Ia Ia la.
and i call your name, i
can’t sleep at night, sha la
Ia la Ia Ia Ia.
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I was 15 years old and this was one of the first albums i ever bought. My friends thought i was fucked in the head, but i knew i was listening to something magical. All these years later, this song is still so beautiful
Did your friends like it when Springsteen did this song?
@@gillygil8747 they loved it then
Legend 15 you are ahead of your friends, dont look back. Best love song ever.
It happens like that to me when I summon the courage to revisit some old song that really summarizes that moment in your life. Then when you revisit it many years later. VINDICATION you weren't wrong! The song was good.
Always rewarding when some one else "gets it"when it seems to be so evident that everybody should be in on it. Fucked in the head made me laugh.he is certainly vindicated
Reminds me of cruising late at night In my friends 70 Cuda out in the desert scablands if Eastern Washington. Hot moonlit nights, with cold beer and Tom on the tape player. Unforgettable. Great times back in the day . I'm 74 now and thank God for the memories!
THANKS for memory
Thank you for sharing your memory. It feels familiar. Health and blessings.
My "Jersey Girl" died, unexpectedly, on 30 Dec 2019, this was the song I played for her when we met. I played it at her service. I miss her so much.
I am sorry for your loss :(
I am so sorry for your loss!
My condolences!!
My condolences
❤️👹🏒
The Boss did that justice, but this one is OG. Untouchable, so nice.
No.
At some point in nearly every Tom Waits album, there’s always song that brings me to tears, this is one of them. Absolutely beautiful.
I can't believe when I was younger I hated waits music. Especially his voice. It's true when they say with age comes wisdom when it comes to music. I love his music and his voice now. This song is simply beautiful
I got to see Tom in the mid 70’s at The Beacon Theater in NYC. He was brilliant. This is a delicious song.
I saw him in the 70’s open for Maria Muldaur. He was incredible.
I've been a Waits fan all my (and his) life and never feel uncomfortable to announce it to anyone interested. Some of his fans seem to recoil from admitting to it but let me assure you you're doing us all a service by introducing others to his wonderful music and compositions. So far I've preached his work to my children, grandchildren and now my first great grandchild. If I ever get a great great grandchild then she or he will also hear this old fool introducing them to the great great Tom Waits.
I'm still listening to Tom enduring genius that he is
I'm listening to this on repeat now. Its a song of pure beauty
Ovwr half a century later here I am with my Jersey Girl, been through nearly everything life could throw at us Tom you are a genius.
47 years for me and mine. I love her more now than the day I met her.
Nobody does this song better than you Tom Waits
That's probably because he wrote it.
@@flynnfriend lol
certainly not Broose Shitstain
I just never want this song to end, Tom pouring out beautiful lyrics,, and love for his woman, best love song ever in my opinion. ♥ 🏴
I agree, but I wouldn't advise telling your wife that you don't want the whores on Eighth Avenue just to be with her tonight. She might not find that romantic or go weak at the knees. :)
He married Kathleen Brennan in 1980 and they're still together. I think that makes this song all the more special
41 years, man. That's old time hockey.
I love the Jovi version
@@serenitybotten8746 I didn't know he did it. I'm going to have to check that out. I love the Springsteen version and that was the first time I heard the song. I love Tom's version better.
why? she from jersey?
@@serenitybotten8746 Seriously?
This song is purely beautiful. When he sings I'm in love with a Jersey girl he means it.
This is Magical Realism
I think this is my favorite Tom Waits song.
Me too!
I love tom waits and this very emotional piece of his,very touching song.a lifetime theme song.
This song is everything
Sha la la la... his voice with the strings' backing is so masculine passion.
The best love song ever...
Happy Birthday, Tom!
Saw Tom in Seattle in the 70's. If he touted again I would be the first in line.
God what a song…again….and again
None of my family get my love for his music. Their loss I guess! A brilliant, brilliant artist!
Great song. Great album. Brings me back in time to when my dad died early ‘80s ..
This is what a love song should be
Great songs from a unique style from Tom waites, love his music and poetry 👍🇮🇪slainte Tom 💚
Should be put on a record and stored away in a vault of American treasures.
I remember being young at work singing Jersey girl and downtown train a good friend said to me why are you singing Tom Wait's song's the two songs that I was singing were cover songs he's my favorite of all time
Heart wrenching ❤️
It's a beautiful song. I love it ❤
Il mio grande amore è volato in cielo il 30 aprile 2023...con questo brano del nostro Tom mi ha dato il suo Addio...era nella suoneria del mio telefono che per giorni e giorni ha continuato a mandare le note di questo brano che noi ascoltavamo insieme
Il più commovente canto d amore di sempre
Sorry for your loss 😢❤@@liviocorti335
I love the way this song starts...
Can’t dispute how amazing…. XO
The best of the best!
Magnifique
Beautiful song
Love that raspy voice ♥️
One of the most amazing musicians of this generation. NOT for the weak minded,.
Definitely not just for the weekend
Muito Bom!, uma das minhas preferidas. L P
Sure, Bruce sang this song and made it his own, but Tom wrote it and sings it w/his own perfection.
Saturday night with your girl at the carnival going on all the rides...thats the life we want to live.
Wonderfull
"And what's the refrain gonna be?" -"I don't know I'll just go Shalalalala. How 'bout that?" Turned out perfect.
Perfect! The music of Jersey of when he speaks.The Four Seasons et al.
Just one of my fave
Cool stuff ... enjoy tomorrow...God bless..
Beautiful
Suntem de aceiasi virstra Tom
Cinti minunat
Te ador ❤
LOVE
Incredible
Tom is pretty cool such a deep voice 😊😊
Not his natural voice.
You can hear that if you listen to early songs.
He must found out what would sell.
la mas bella de waits
His first classic
Ol 55 was before this and is equally as great in my opinion
@@1974dormouse eagles made it famous
Reminds of a girl I knew in my 20s. Miss her so much.
Me too ...
Beautiful xxxxx
君に届け🪽
i'm in love with a jersey girl
The piano's been drinking!
Every boy knows this song! ♫ Don't you know all my dreams come true when I'm walking down the street with you ♫
That’s a great way of putting it. When you are young and in love, she’s all you can think about and those warm summer nights are precious memories.
un Geniu.
SHA LA LA LA LA LA LAHHHHHH... *COUGH*... SHA LA LALA LA LA LA LAHHHHHHH
This Song is all me !!
Italian jersey GIRL
Thank you !!!
Wow.
I was a foetus in my mother's womb when I first heard this album. The curse of lycanthropy had not yet befallen me in the late Autumn months of 1986 and were I to know the future that lay ahead I may not have continued to live. The dark alien overlords that control the planet had yet to make themselves known to me and I was about to finish my apprenticeship in Lung Puncturing. The future seemed bright and the world wide open: how wrong I was!
Anyway, great song.
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy."
I’ll drink to that!!!
if youre really into girl from another state (cough colorado) this is the best song ever and just goes on repeat for days on end
How many coming round here to dream about what they wished could happen but never did, licking their wounds of a lifetime?
Jah bless
Yes I am for real.
❤️
still miss you MG
Odlicna balada.......ljepsa mi je brusova verzija
Još uvijek cugamo zajedno
i just get it
Un' artista con la A maiuscola.
I got no time for the corner boys
Down in the street making all that noise
Or the girls out on the avenue
'Cause tonight I want to be with you
Tonight I'm gonna take that ride
Across the river to the Jersey side
Take my baby to the carnival
And I'll take her on all the rides
'Cause down the shore everything's all right
You and your baby on a Saturday night
You know all my dreams come true
When I'm walking down the street with you
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la I'm in love with a Jersey girl
You know she thrills me with all her charms
When I'm wrapped up in my baby's arms
My little girl gives me everything
I know that some day she'll wear my ring
So don't bother me man I ain't got no time
I'm on my way to see that girl of mine
'Cause nothing matters in this whole wide world
When you're in love with a Jersey girl
Sha la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la la
Sha la la la la la la la
Sha la la la I'm in love with a Jersey girl
I see you on the street and you look so tired
I know that job you got leaves you so uninspired
When I come by to take you out to eat
you're lyin' all dressed up on the bed baby fast asleep
Go in the bathroom and put your makeup on
We're gonna take that little brat of yours and drop her off at your mom?s
I know a place where the dancing?s free
Now baby won't you come with me
'Cause down the shore everything's all right
You and your baby on a Saturday night
Nothing matters in this whole wide world
When you're in love with a Jersey girl
Those are not the Tom Waits lyrics! They are the abomination that is the horror of the Bruce Springsteen cover. For shame!
@@markrae1317 They are a pretty good approximation all the way to the ultimate verse. What you call abomination, I call it a pretty good cover. To each its own.
💙💙💙💙
SHA LA LA LA LA LA SHA LA LA LA LA
Ça m'arrache l'âme 1:43
mt friends hated tom , ijust told them their ears wernt as sophisticated as mine , some folk just cant hear genius
👍👍👍👍
Jammie ....
Beats rhe hell out of any covers. After all he wrote it and did the only version worth your time.
He drink, I drunk. Respect from CN.
❤️🔥
það er bara til eitt eintak af Tom Waits...
Mskes me want to be a Jersey Girl...
Hare hare
Did you write this
If it wasn't for the film "We are the Millers" I wouldn't have known about this guy. He's cooler than the bedside wall.
Id sell my soul to the devil to make this song my own creation for my love
Jesus Rodriguez and cold fact
M my mersey girl
I got this for my girl along with a big bag of her favourite drugs, we are still married
I meet a jersey girl at AA SHE SAID SIKE , ALL the time
It's so bad it's good
Tom Waits has written odd songs, weird songs and some strange songs. He's never written a bad song.
His passion is next level lol
Tipo y por ejemplo:
Ni ahí se entendiera nada del idioma o la lengua que hablan donde sea los migrantes.
A mi siempre me hace pensar cuando yo era chica y hablababa a media lengua entre mayores.
A mí me quedó grabado eso.Supongo debe haber sido traumático , la experiencia, para mi.
Verte de pronto y para siempre entre extraños, ni ahí debe ser moco de pavo.
Yo que sé.
Pienso en las millones de gente migrando.
Y la verdad.
Ni ahí entiendo.
Sorry Bruce.. no one has any business singing Tom Waits songs, least of all Jersey Girl.