I LIKE JERSEY BEST

John Pizzarell

Travelin' down the Parkway

Headin' for the shore

A thought just then occurred to me

I never thought before.

I've been a lot of places

Seen pictures of the rest

But of all the places I can think of

I like Jersey best.

Betting halls and shopping malls

And good ol' Rutgers U.

Forty-seven shoe stores

Line Route 22.

The Meadowlands, the root beer stands

Main Street, Hackensack

I may leave for a week or two

But I'm always comin back

The Pinelands and the Vinelands

Seaside Heights, Margate

You can have Miami

I love the Garden State

I've been a lot of places

Seen pictures of the rest

But of all the places I can think of

I like Jersey best.

We have horses, Princeton courses

Gas stations we have scores

Trenton, Hopewell, Lake Hopatcong

Mantaloking Shores.

Some states have their rock stars

But Springsteen beats them all

And our beautiful arena

Has Brenda Byrne carved on the wall.

Lot of dineries and refineries

Our highways make you cough

But Spring Lake Heights and Belmar

Are places to get off.

Ice cream spots and used car lots

Make the place just grand

If you want to pay a visit

Newark Airport's where you land.

The Pinelands and the Vinelands

Seaside Heights, Margate

You can have Miami

I love the Garden State

I've been a lot of places

Seen pictures of the rest

But of all the places I can think of

I like New Jersey best.

Philly dogs like chili dogs

They eat in Cherry Hill

In Woodbridge they make Haagen Dazs

I can't get my fill.

The Forked River ain't chopped liver

Nor is Lavalette

There are no Jersey strangers

Just friends we haven't met.

The Jersey Nets went that-a-way

Piscataway no more

Had another winning season

And next year they'll win more.

Our Giants could go all the way

If they could win just one

But the parties in the lots before

The games are really fun.

The Pinelands and the Vinelands

Seaside Heights, Margate

You can have Miami

I love the Garden State

I've been a lot of places

Seen pictures of the rest

But of all the places I can think of

I like Jersey best.

Well, our famous Parkway is the dark way

Home from Manasquan

You'd think for all those quarters

They'd turn the road lights on

And have no pity, Jersey City

Once again will shine

Holmdel, Cape May, Phillipsburg

I like our state just fine.

The Pinelands and the Vinelands

Seaside Heights, Margate

You can have Miami

I love the Garden State.