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"Hackensack" is a song by Fountains of Wayne for their third album, Welcome Interstate Managers (2003). It was written by Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger. In 2009, Katy Perry performed a live rendition for MTV Unplugged which later appeared on the album. Perry also performed the song live at several shows during her Hello Katy Tour calling it "one of her favorite pop songs".
Lyrics
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
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 everybody else ends up these days
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 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