This is a new mix of an old song of mine about life in one of our local Jersey Shore towns... with reference made to the former mayor who will soon be taking up residence in one of our fine federal corrections facilities. New mix 12-16-09

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I grew up in a small town in New Jersey
My best friend Bobby tried to be oh so tough, uh huh.
Bobby got high one day and joined the army
They sent him home in a big wooden box

My sister hung around with the wrong crowd
Her boyfriend thought he was oh, oh so tough, uh huh.
She's gonna visit him at his new home next Sunday
At the Monmouth county jail.

The bigger they are, the harder they fall
It's a foolish man who won't heed the call.
A wise man said it 2000 years ago,
You're gonna reap exactly what you sow.

The big shot developer owns the mayor
He pays him off with lots of crisp new c-notes.
They go cruisin' together on Sunday
On the mayor's new big white sailin' boat.

The mayor started hangin' with this mob guy,
But he didn't know he was turned by the FBI
He's gonna be in for the surprise of his life
When his trial comes up in July

(repeat chorus)