Bo Burnham - 1985 lyrics

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 shit affect him
(Let that shit 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, 19-80-)
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 1985)
White guy, 1985 (White guy, 19-80-)
White guy, 1985 (White guy)

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

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!

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

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