I used to know you when we were young
You were in all my dreams
We sat together in period one
Fridays at 8:15
Now I see face in the strangest places
Movies and magazines
I saw you talkin' to Christopher Walken
On my TV screen

BUt I will wait for you
As long as I need to
And if you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you

I used to work in a record store
Now I work for my dad
Scraping the paint off of hard wood floors
The hours are pretty bad
Sometimes I wonder where you are
Probably in L.A.
That seems to be where everbody else ends up these days

But I will wait for you
As long as I need to
And if you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you

And I will wait for you
As long as I need to
And if you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you
If you ever get back to Hackensack
I'll be here for you



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"Hackensack" as written by Monk Thelonious Thelonious Monk

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  • +1
    Song Meaning:I like the non-Hollywood interpretations, but I think Christina Ricci fits the actress profile. Ricci grew up attending Montclair High, the same high school as bassist Adam Schlesinger, and was co-stars with Christopher Walken in the film Sleepy Hollow (1999). Sort of a cool connection, huh?
    Flag inezy13on January 19, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:The song is a methaphor it seems...
    He grewup in hackensack it seems and this girl was probably his bestfriend and/or his first love..
    Probably like anyone of us or any great story..things come to an end unfortunately.
    When you were in highschool times were simpler and people seem to look back on their life and think about that person they cared about. LA and stuff I believe is his mind wondering and acts as a key methphor,that years have passed but he still thinks back to the good ol days.

    people may change and time moves on, but this special place in his heart in hackensack will never change....ever..

    ; ) hope people liked my interpretation.
    Flag devonsidon September 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I don't believe she's actually famous. He just sees her everywhere he goes because he loved her so much. Or thought he did.
    Flag ratanxon October 07, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:anyone know who this song is about..?

    brownie points for the right answer;)
    Flag bestxXbudXxlayfon September 08, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Beautiful song. I don't live in Hackensack, but I live in New York =D -high five-

    I think - I KNOW, lol - the song's about this guy who grew up in a small town (Hackensack) with a girl he always had a crush on. They went to school together, and he admired her dearly. Then they got separated - she became famous, and abandoned him in that small empty town of memories they spent their childhoods in. Basically what he's saying is that if she ever for some reason returns to her hometown, he'll be there for her - just like he always has.
    Flag followthezoraidaon July 17, 2008   Link
  • +1
    General Comment:Apparently this song is about a girl that one of the dudes in the band went to high school with in Hackensack High School, and she became famous.

    i wonder which actress she is.
    Flag THe_Atomic_Punkon March 08, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:i think the song´s all about future and the time after school when you decide what to do with your life. The guy thinks of this girl he knew from school, but it seems he doesn´t look back in anger - sometimes he wonders, an he´ll be here for here. He just does not understand why the hell she went away, because it´s not his way of living. It´s kind of sad, I think- he just takes what´s there for him and lives his life as it comes. He seems to be unconcerned about him and her- if she wants him, he´ll take it, if not, also. Very passive.
    Flag cunningham_xon January 17, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song's really good, and its obviously about him in high school liking this girl, and they both had something to do with Hackensack, NJ. Considering they grew up in Wayne, NJ.
    Flag SSSSSKKKKKx027on February 23, 2007   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think the whole Hollywood/LA thing is a metaphor.
    Flag amberloveson November 23, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:I think the whole Hollywood/LA thing is a metaphor.
    Flag amberloveson November 23, 2006   Link

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