Waits, Tom - Jersey Girl 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 la la la sha la la la.

down the shore everything'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 la la la la la 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 angel 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 la la la.

and i call your name, i can't sleep at night, sha la la la la la la.





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  1. K.... J....

    bob is bob dylan

  2. K.... J....

    i am innocent when i dream tom

  3. K.... J....

    yeah tom i love bob dylan

  4. �.... �....

    Обожаю тебя, Том!!!

  5. R.... E....

    damm, what have I been missing!

  6. m.... c....

    Grazie Tom da pelle d'oca

  7. P.... C....

    Always thought this great voice ate razor blades for breakfast..❤️❤️🇨🇦

  8. K.... J....

    yeah tom

  9. S.... E....

    Don't push me...I'll do it myself......

  10. m.... h....

    One of the most beautiful Intros ever.

  11. a.... b....

    hey , das foto ist doch aus " coffee an cigaretts " ?

  12. K.... J....

    yes tom

  13. S.... N....

    God bless you Tom . My eyes can’t stop bleeding with your music

  14. t.... ....

    This is the truth. I was always a Springsteen fan and in 1980 I went into a Tower Record store where they were playing Jersey Girl and thought, "Oh, Bruce has a new album." I asked the guy at the counter if this was new Bruce and he said - in almost disdain - "No, it's Tom Waits." I bought the album Heartattack and Vine and understood the disdain the guy at the counter had. Yes, I still liked Bruce, but I wanted to be Tom Waits.

  15. S.... H....

    An old friend introduced me to Tom Waits back in 76. He's been gone quite a while now but always think of him when listening to Tom - Thanks, and rest in peace Frank. Gary Moeller

  16. M.... D....

    I was in love with a Jersey girl all my life but she never loved me back even after sharing my bed that isn't love that is exchanging bodily fluids.Lise you lied to me.

  17. C.... R....

    heartbreaking...wow

  18. C.... C....

    1980 - pick up Maynooth, Merlin Park Hospital, Strokestown, back to Maynooth - taping this in Strokestown off the TV!!!!

  19. J.... G....

    he was the original singer for this song

  20. N.... H....

    I used to live near him and bumped into him around town often. The wildest moment was the day after I’d watched Down By Law, and woke up and listened to his music then was in a shop looking around and humming Blue Valentine, turned around and he was right behind me! Not being cool I jumped and squeaked in surprise, and he got a funny look on his face and kind of chuckled. From that point on I seemed to bump into him at several markets, signal lights, the County Fair, etc., and each time he saw my embarrassed face he’d do a low key amused laugh. Always wished I was cool enough to think of something witty to say, but no... 😂. Love all his work. A true original.❤️

  21. R.... T....

    Steve Vai says Tom Waits makes him cry. I don't like Steve Vai, but I agree with him.

  22. g.... i....

    Tom Waits is an original.....he has sand.

  23. j.... l....

    Wanted to kill myself on Tuesday,how could I not hear this again,❤️❤️❤️❤️ beautiful beyond ,like all Tom's songs

  24. K.... J....

    yes tom

  25. 3.... ....

    Y'know I'm a doctor...

  26. L.... P....

    Jersey Girl movie got me here

  27. K.... J....

    yeah tom im in loe with bob dylan and happy so far

  28. J.... J....

    Christina I love you dearly . And beloved Lisa. And nurturing Katherine. And fun Amy. And lustrous Lauren. And dangerous woman Dani

  29. J.... J....

    Happy holidays family. Just wanted to come back and say I love you. My stomach still has been scoped or looked at and this is probably my last comment. It's been fun as heck thanks for the love. I believe in you

  30. M.... ....

    Happy Birthday Tom !!

  31. s.... 7....

    New to his music,,i like👍

  32. K.... J....

    yeah tom still weiting bob dylan and rolling cigarettes

  33. M.... P....

    HBD Tom Waits! 70 years ♥
    ♫ Thomas Alan Waits ♫
    ♥ born December 7, 1949 ♥

  34. a.... d....

    Mi domando? Come fa Tom ad avere una voce così ruvida!!!!😕😕🤔😀😘😍🎸🎶💎🌟💋

  35. 3.... S....

    What a song what a voice FANTASTIC.

  36. B.... O....

    This guy sounds like how a fart would sound if it could talk

  37. M.... M....

    "take my baby to the carnival"

  38. M.... M....

    little beta shits dont like when you mic spam this masterpiece in GMOD

  39. G.... C....

    Tom Waits is Mister Pocket in a world full of fool's gold.

  40. K.... J....

    ate bread and milk not hungry momentaly

  41. K.... J....

    that is runing cat chasing mouse i just rolling cidag cigarettes and listening bob dylan yeah tom my dog is dreaming

  42. J.... H....

    That's awful.

  43. k.... m....

    Love his voice so magical.

  44. R.... A....

    Eu não tenho tempo para esses garotos na esquina
    Descendo a rua fazendo todo esse barulho
    Não quero prostitutas da oitava avenida
    Por que hoje á noite eu quero estar com você
    Parece que hoje á noite terei que andar
    Na beira do rio até o outro lado de Jérsei
    Para levar o meu amor para o carnaval
    Eu vou te levar em todos os passeios

    Por que abaixo no litoral tudo fica bem
    Você e seu amor no sábado a noite
    Cada sonho meu parece ser real
    Quando estou andando nas ruas com você

    Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la
    Sha, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
    Sha, la, la, la, la, la
    Sha, la, la, la estou apaixonado por uma garota de Jérsei

    Você sabe que ela me encanta com todo esse charme
    Quando estou nos braços do meu amor
    Minha garota me dá tudo
    Eu sei que um dia ela vai usar o meu anel
    Então, cara não me incomode, não tenho tempo
    Estou no meu caminho para ir ver a minha garota
    Por que nada importa nesse mundo inteiro
    Quando você está apaixonado por uma garota de Jérsei

    Sha, la, la, la

    Eu vejo você andando pela rua e parece tão cansada
    Eu sei que esse trabalho tem te deixado tão desmotivada
    Quando eu passar pra te lavar pra sair
    Você estará mentindo deitada na cama com seu bebê
    Vá ao banheiro e coloque sua maquiagem
    Essa noite nos vamos deixar esse pirralho com sua mãe
    Eu conheço um lugar onde a dança é de graça
    Agora amor, você não vem comigo
    Por que abaixo no litoral tudo fica bem
    Você e seu amor no sábado á noite
    Nada importa nesse mundo inteiro
    Quando você está apaixonado por uma garota de Jérsei

  45. a.... v....

    isnt it amazing,even though music is so incredibly subjective,most can agree when they hear a talent like this that they are hearing real genius,i may not always be in the mood for Waits or the blues or folk or rock,but i always know when im hearing something that required life experience and intelligence to write/perform.

  46. a.... ....

    Who's your Jersey Girl?.....The girl you loved in your younger years,

  47. F.... M....

    Let this sweet music wash over your soul. This song is on my playlist for 2019, more on my YouTube channel. ( cTunes = catchy tunes )
    Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-In2eHMuFfLLXbmbm2Md7w   Playlist 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84rtbVbIEQ&list=PLz5bnoZ56XQaOkwvpEndDP-pj0FOxPcG4

  48. J.... C....

    From all the Westside Boyos Thanks Tom

  49. O.... D....

    Legendary

  50. l.... l....

    Even sounds like Bruce Springsteen.

  51. S.... ....

    WTF, Bruce didnt write Jersey Girl!? Just did a cover of it.. 😲

  52. F.... E....

    Take GRETA the inventor of the electrical Tampon to a looooong long trip

  53. m.... ....

    i sing this when i brush and gargle

  54. J.... H....

    BEST WISHES TO YOU, SIR TOM WAITS AS ROBERTO BENIGNI, YOUR SO LOVELY FRIEND, AND YOURS, FAMILIES AND FRIENDS...

  55. O.... L....

    678 assholes who should be hit by karma right now. oh man.

    O.... L....

    oh, i forgot. you should rot in hell.

  56. c.... ....

    This is crap. Dude doesn't know whether he wants to be Springsteen or Dylan. Any two-bit drunk can sing like this.

    c.... ....

    Take into consideration that he Actually wrote the song.

    c.... ....

    @Avril Jack Fuck you tard

    c.... ....

    I could do nothing but earnestly laugh at this comment - nothing to say to you, mate, but - good luck.

    c.... ....

    @Avril Jack You're explaining astrophysics to a parking meter.

  57. R.... W....

    One of the best songs ever written
    Absolutely fantastic
    I have to admit I hear this song now
    for the first time by Tom Waits
    In 2009 in Vienna Bruce Springsteen
    did this beautiful tune by request
    I will never forget this
    So for me it is a Bruce Springsteen song - sorry
    But Tom Waits is a true hero and
    one of the greatest songwriters of all time
    There is no doubt about that

  58. G.... R....

    Splendid

  59. J.... L....

    And think just afew hundred years ago artists like this would have been burnt alive.

  60. M.... H....

    Man sounds like he gargled hot asphalte and broken glass!

    M.... H....

    Yeah, cool, isn't it?

  61. D.... K....

    I close my eyes and I am 18 in my car at night driving home after dropping my girl off at her house.

    D.... K....

    Open your eyes dickhead you better not hit someone my mom still out there driving

  62. s.... ....

    Who else tears up

    s.... ....

    sure glad to know I'm not the only one

  63. P.... B....

    I know someday she'll wear my ring........beautiful

  64. D.... S....

    SUPER, SUPER, SUPER!!

  65. W.... V....

    Have u ever done a pint a guinness bottems
    up with a lager bottems up

  66. L.... ....

    This Jersey girl loves Tom's version but the Bruce version wins out, solely because of the distraction of Tom's voice, which, though wonderful, can overwhelm a song at times.

  67. g.... �....

    Thangs for I relax now,no week on turkey en buss is okay to*?

  68. L.... R....

    God I love this . The lyrics the music the sound

  69. W.... C....

    Fantastic. That is all.

  70. M.... B....

    Bet the rugs came first. She was just doing what she had to do. All the best to both of you.

  71. c.... d....

    Me gusta!! 😎🎤🎸🎶

  72. c.... d....

    Talent, talent, talent 🎶🎼🎶

  73. T.... S....

    This is from an outsider, but I'd say that Waits here out springsteens Springsteen. There is so much yearning and confinement in this song. Simply gorgeous.

    T.... S....

    @Topey Schwarzenbach Springsteen knows. Poets have to learn somewhere. Bruce in the pews of Tom's Tabernacle

  74. g.... �....

    sala la,la.I feeling good.

  75. f.... g....

    Sure , a great song ; for fans : I really prefer the "Bounced Checks" version, which is an alternative studio master. I don't know if it is on the net or utube... same thing for 'the piano has been ' drinking , and the great 'Mr Henry'. Try to find them out ;=) Tom is a God !

    f.... g....

    https://youtu.be/6HP2vh7h5Gg ?

  76. M.... ....

    I love Tom Watts! He has a special kind of talent!

  77. D.... L....

    The Bruce Springsteen's live version is the best version.
    Here is it
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78pdEP9Pr4s

  78. J.... Q....

    Riding the black horse pike to the ocean

  79. B.... O....

    I don't listen to any other version anymore. Nothing can compare to this.

  80. M.... M....

    No Song can Take Me Back To my Teen Years like this one can

  81. �.... G....

    Eszméletlen hang, és tetszik.Köszi.

  82. S.... F....

    1980:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1981:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1982:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1983:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1984:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1985:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1986:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1987:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1988:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1989:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1990:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1991:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1992:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1993:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1994:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1995:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1996:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1997:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1998:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    1999:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2000:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2001:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2002:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2003:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2004:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2005:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2006:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2007:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2008:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2009:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2010:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2011:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2012:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2013:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2014:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2015:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2016:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2017:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2018:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2019:sha la la la la la sha la la la
    2020 - ∞ : sha la la la la la sha la la la

  83. S.... L....

    fantastically beautiful

  84. D.... R....

    Responding to the person who was a little negative about Tom

  85. T.... S....

    657 brain-dead moooorons....Sad
    (And shameful......)

    T.... S....

    @Tim Sørensen


    I'm a *huge* Springsteen fan, but I'd wager that the downvotes all come out of Jersey suburbs of stone-washed jeans, mullets and garage banders who thought this was the work of Bruce.

    T.... S....

    @Ulysses432 You forgot: The hipsters ^_º

  86. K.... J....

    yeah tom sing for me i love bob dylan and i am normal 54 years old sculptor

  87. D.... �....

    Only one man had stronger rasp in the voice than Tom Waits. Toma Bebic - Croatian-Dalmatian bohemian and a singer.

  88. E.... W....

    Tom Waits is god

  89. s.... ....

    Tom Waits is a genius who imitates life.

  90. P.... J....

    This has been one of my favourite songs since 80s. Back in the mid 90s my then girlfriend and I used to park up near the sea in west Wales and listen to this on repeat. That girlfriend is now my wife of 23 years and this is still "our" song. So much so that I recorded my version of it for her birthday 4 years back 💗

  91. D.... K....

    Hey Bro, I hope the music is as good up there in the stars as it is down here!! Thank you for introducing Tom to me. Great artist. Miss you

  92. S.... G....

    Many will hear this and be entertained... the rest of us listen to one of the most amazing artists of a generation.

  93. L.... d....

    hold on

  94. K.... J....

    just play and sing for me

  95. K.... J....

    yeah tom i am in love with your friend bob dylan

  96. D.... m....

    Mrs Tom Waits the Jersey Girl 
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZki9hVI6VE

  97. J.... C....

    Keansburg Irish Riveraia

  98. D.... P....

    great song to be blasting at 4 in the morning and have ur buddies singing along .. the neighborhood telling u to shut the f up.. ha.ha..