1985 - Bo Burnham

Lyrics by：Bo Burnham

Composed by：Bo Burnham

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

And he reads the news

And doesn't let that **** affect him

He's really happy he's thrilled to be alive

His name is any white guy in 1985

White guy 1985

White guy 1985

White guy 1985

White guy 1985

He's got a job and a family

How does he do it

Balances 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 walk

I guess it's true that some people

Really got to fight to survive

And some people are white guys in 1985

White guy 1985

White guy 1985

White guy 1985

White guy 1985

Wait

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

I don't mean to lump a group of people in a hive

I think I just meant my dad in 1985

My dad 1985 my dad

My father 1985 papa

My dad 1985

Scott Burnham 1985 Scott

I wanna be my dad Scott

I wanna be my dad in the '80s

My dad 1985

My oblivious white dad in the mid-80s Scott

My dad was an oblivious white guy general contractor

My father was happier than I am

If I could be anybody dead or alive

I would wanna be my dad in 1985