The Last 5 Years Question

I haven't seen the show so I can't say for sure but I think that's just a bit of rebellion on Jamie's part as he was expected to date and eventually marry the "nice Jewish girl".

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He's tried dating all of the Jewish girls he knows and hasn't been impressed, which is why he lists off all of those names.

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Interesting, I always thought of it differently. The lyric, for the record is:

"If you had a tattoo, that wouldn't matter
If you had a shaved head, that would be cool
If you came from Spain or Japan
Or the back of a van
Just as long as you're not from Hebrew school"

My take was always that it wouldn't matter to his mother or grandfather if he dated the tattooed girl or the shaved head girl -- but if they're not from Hebrew School, then there'd be a problem. It's kind of twisted wording, almost like a Yiddish dialect, but that's how I always understood that lyric.

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Yeah... I always took it that the whole point of the shaved head, tatoo, etc stuff was that he didn't care what his family thought and wanted to go against their opinion that he marry a Jewish girl.

I think jasonf is absolutely correct.
As long as she's NOT from Hebrew School,
His mother won't like her.

I have to disagree with CurtainPullDowner and jasonf.

Although I never really thought twice about these lyrics, I think that it's Jamie saying that HE doesn't care if she has a shaved head or once was a man.

Later in the song he sings,

"If your mother and your brother had relations with eachother
and your father was connected to the Gotti clan,
I'd say, 'Well, you know, nobody's perfect"
It's tragic but it's true.
I'd say, "Hey, hey, hey, hey, I've been waiting for someone like you."

He isn't talking about how his mother would react. Like most of the people who replied, I think he's saying that you can be ANYTHING but Jewish, and you're good.

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Yeah, this is a pretty straight-forward lyric.

This is his "I Want" song in the musical- and the "I Want" statement is "I want to meet a girl who isn't Jewish."

So what he's trying to say is that he could meet the ugliest, most repugnant girl on the street and would fall in love with her, as long as she wasn't Jewish. He wouldn't care if she had a shaved head, as long as she was a Shiksa.

I also never realized this lyric could be so confusing...

I just assumed it was rebellion and him not being satisfied with the Jewish girls.
Beautiful show by the way.

Let's explore that.
He probably changed it for good copy.
But he didn't change his last name?