Yes, Bruce Springsteen sings this song and even added a verse about picking up his date and getting a babysitter for her son, but it comes from the heart of Tom Waits. He’s in love with a Jersey Girl and he’s fallen hard. He’s wooing her and letting the world know how she fills him with joy.
You know all my dreams come true
When I’m walking down the street with you
Waits is faithful to his love, there are no clichés about Jersey (no big hair, no gum chewing, no reference to the Turnpike). He has said that Kathleen Brennan inspired this song. Brennan grew up in Jersey and returned there in the late 70’s. Waits traveled to Jersey to woo her. Now, they’re an old married couple and co-creators of much of his later music.
Nothing else matters in this whole wide world
When you’re I love with a Jersey Girl
And don’t I know it as my bride is a Jersey Girl and fills me with such joy.
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