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Forever in Blue Jeans

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Nov. 3, 19781 viewer26.6K views

Forever in Blue Jeans Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Money talks
But it don't sing and dance
And it don't walk
And long as I can have you
Here with me, I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans

[Bridge]
Honey's sweet
But it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat
And if you pardon me
I'd like to say
We'd do okay
Forever in blue jeans


[Chorus]
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, by the fire
All alone you and I
Nothing around
But the sound of my heart
And your sighs

[Verse 2]
Money talks
But it can't sing and dance
And it can't walk
And long as I can have you
Here with me, I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans, babe
[Bridge]
And honey's sweet
But it ain't nothin' next to baby's treat
And if you pardon me I'd like to say
We'd do okay
Forever in blue jeans

[Chorus]
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, by the fire
All alone you and I
Nothing around
But the sound of my heart
And your sighs

[Verse 3]
Money talks
But it don't sing and dance
And it don't walk
And long as I can have you
Here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans

[Outro]
And if you pardon me
I'd like to say
We'd do okay
Forever in blue jeans, babe
And long as I can have you
Here with me
I'd much rather be
Forever in blue jeans, babe
Long as I can have you
Here with me
I'd much rather be—

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Genius Annotation

“Forever in Blue Jeans” is an ode to simplicity; a rebuttal to the culture of needing fancy or expensive things.
It somewhat humbly portrays money as insufficient for his life, and that all he really needs is to have his love “here with me”
Diamond describes it as showing that “the simple things are really the important things”.

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November 3, 1978
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