I Think I Just Met My Dad In 1985 Lyrics

Song Info: I Think I Just Met My Dad In 1985 Song name is 1985 sung by Bo Burnham.

I Think I Just Met My Dad In 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 s^^t affect him (Let that s^^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, 19-80–)
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80–)
White guy, 1985 (White guy)

[Verse 2]
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 is it 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, 19-80–)
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80–)
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 father 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

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