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[Verse 1]
            
   He's a real

        
ly cool guy
              
He's got a coo

  
l shirt
              
He's got cool 


shoes
N.C.
Did I mention the shirt?
            
   If you ever

         
 got the chanc

e to meet him

   You'd know 

why I want to 

be him
            
  He walks int

             
o a room and e


veryone respec

ts him (Everyo

ne respects hi

m)

  He reads the

 news and does

n't let that s

hit affect him

 (Let that shi

t affect him)
            
  He's really 

            
happy, he's th

rilled to be a

live
    N.C.
His name is any white guy in 1985


[Chorus]
         
White guy, 198

5 (White guy, 

19-80--)

White guy, 198

5 (White guy, 

1985)
         
White guy, 198

5 (White guy, 

19-80--)

Any white guy,

 1985 (White g

uy)


[Verse 2]
            
  He's got a j

         
ob and a famil

y; how does he

 do it?

Balance his wo

rk with his wi

fe's underwhel

ming cooking
            
   He's got al

            
l the answers 

              
that I wanna k


now

How can I be what I am but 40 years ago
            
Gee whiz, he g

             
ot it and he f


launts
              
I am the thing

    
 he is, but he

 is it when I 

want
              
I guess it's t

            
rue that some 

              
people really 

       
got to fight t

o survive
    N.C.
And some people are white guys in 1985


[Chorus]
         
White guy, 198

5 (White guy, 

19-80--)

White guy, 198

5 (White guy, 

1985)
         
White guy, 198

5 (White guy, 

19-80--)

Any white guy,

 1985 (White g

uy)
N.C.
Wait!


[Bridge] (spoken)
            
It wasn't easy

 
 being any whi

te guy in 1985
             
Some white guy

              
s were living 

         
through the AI

DS crisis
            
Some white guy

          
s were... Ital

ian
            
And I'm not sa

ying it's hard

 being a white

 guy now

...I've misspo

ke

(sung)
            
I don't mean t

              
o 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
N.C.
Scott Burnham, 1985 (Scott!)
        
   I wanna be 

my dad (My dad

, 1985) (Scott

!)

  I wanna be m

y dad (My fath

er, 1985) (Sco

tt!)
          
In the 80s (My

#
 dad, 1985) (S

cott!)
    
My oblivious w

hite dad in th

e mid-80s (Sco

tt Burnham, 19

85) (Scott!)
           
    My dad was

     
 an oblivious 

white guy (My 

dad, 1985) (Ge

neral contract

or!)

   My dad was 

happier than I

 am (My father

, 1985)
           
If I could be 

       
anybody dead o

r alive
N.C.
I would wanna be my dad in 1985