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bo burnham - 1985 lyrics

[verse 1]
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 sh+t affect him (let that sh+t affect him)
he’s really happy, he’s thrilled to be alive
his name is any white guy in 1985
[chorus]
white guy, 1985 (white guy, 19+eighty++)
white guy, 1985 (white guy, 1985)
white guy, 1985 (white guy, 19+eighty++)
white guy, 1985 (white guy)

[verse 2]
he’s got a job and a family; how does he do it?
balance his 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, he got it and he flaunts
i am the thing he is, but he isn’t 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

[chorus]
white guy, 1985 (white guy, 19+eighty++)
white guy, 1985 (white guy, 1985)
white guy, 1985 (white guy, 19+eighty++)
white guy, 1985 (white guy)
wait!

[bridge, spoken]
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
(sung)
i don’t mean to lump a group of people in a hive
i think i just meant my dad in 1985
[chorus]
my dad, 1985 (my dad!)
my father, 1985 (papa!)
my dad, 1985
scott burnham, 1985 (scott!)
i wanna be my dad (my dad, 1985) (scott!)
i wanna be my dad (my father, 1985) (scott!)
in the 80s (my dad, 1985) (scott!)
my oblivious white dad in the mid+80s (scott burnham, 1985) (scott!)
my dad was an oblivious white guy (my dad, 1985) (general contractor!)
my dad was happier than i am (my father, 1985)
if i could be anybody dead or alive
i would want to be my dad in 1985

- bo burnham lyrics

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