About the Song
“Forever in Blue Jeans” is an upbeat track by Neil Diamond, co-written with his guitarist Richard Bennett. Released as a single in February 1979, it appeared on Diamond’s You Don’t Bring Me Flowers album from the previous year. The song’s message, according to Diamond, is about valuing life’s simple things over material wealth. It reached #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #2 on the Easy Listening chart in March 1979.
The song was praised by Cash Box as a tribute to “doing OK” without the need for fame or fortune. It described the tune as having a “restrained carnival mood” with a strong, jaunty rhythm and noted Diamond’s “gruff” yet appealing vocals.
The catchy song also became a part of popular culture, with a notable ad campaign featuring Will Ferrell impersonating Diamond for The Gap. Coincidentally, Diamond himself had done radio ads for H.I.S. jeans in the 1960s, adding a fitting link to the theme of the song.
Lyrics
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
Honey’s sweet
But it ain’t nothin’ next to baby’s treat
And if you’d pardon me, I’d like to say
We’d do okay forever in blue jeans
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, by the fire
All alone, you and I
Nothing around but the sound
Of my heart and your sighs
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
And honey’s sweet
But it ain’t nothin’ next to baby’s treat
And if you’ll pardon me, I’d like to say
We’d do okay, forever in blue jeans
Maybe tonight
Maybe tonight, by the fire
All alone, you and I
Nothing around but the sound
Of my heart and your sighs
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
And if you’d 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
