Jersey Boy - Jersey Boy lyrics

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 I can still smell the 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 threw snow balls 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 the street with trees and sidewalks Where everybody knew their neighbor good Whoa, 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 And telling a bartender named Stewart I don't think I'll 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 I'm a Jersey boy Jersey boy Looking back it seemed so long ago And then again it 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 Of soda shops and scrimmages and a school girl's 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 Pulaski Skyway to Lake Hopatcong To the Hurricane Bar To the Hurricane Bar deep in my heart I'm a Jersey boy