New Jersey Lyrics

I grew up in new jersey off exit 91
In new jersey it ain't the town, it's the exit you come from
One day I started driving south on 95
No idea where I was headed but I knew I had arrived
When after 14 hours I finally reached
The fine white sands of jacksonville beach

So write write me a letter mama
Tell me how you miss me
How my babies are crying
And pa's still pissed at me
Lord knows there are worse places to be
But I ain't coming back to new jersey

I remember asbury park not as it is but as it was
When everyone knew someone who went to high school with the boss
And I learned to play the guitar lick to born to run
The same year that they made it the new jersey state song
So write me a letter...

I must have worried you half to death
When I called you from florida and told you I had left
For good, and you said "how could
Any son of mine leave his family behind"

I grew up in new jersey, now I live in Jacksonville
There's a southern twang to my jersey accent, but still
I ain't so far from you, as you might expect
I'm on the same damn interstate, just off a different exit
So write me a letter...