Shiksa Goddess Lyrics – Ben Platt

Read the full Shiksa Goddess lyrics by Ben Platt from the album The Last Five Years along with the music video, song credits, release information and other details about the song. If you enjoy Ben Platt’s music, you can also explore See I’m Smiling and Moving Too Fast, two other songs by Ben Platt.

I’m breaking my mother’s heart
The longer I stand looking at you
The more I hear it splinter and crack
From ninety miles away

I’m breaking my mother’s heart
The JCC of Spring Valley is shaking
And crumbling to the ground
And my grandfather’s rolling, rolling in his grave

If you had a tattoo, that wouldn’t matter
If you had a shaved head, that’d be cool
If you came from Spain or Japan or the back of the van
Just as long as you’re not from Hebrew school
I’d say, now I’m getting somewhere
I’m finally breaking through
I’d say, hey, hey, Shiksa Goddess
I’ve been waiting for someone like you

I’ve been waiting through Danica Schwartz and Erica Weiss
And the Handelman twins
I’ve been waiting through Heather Greenblatt
Annie Mincus, Karen Pincus and Lisa Katz
And Stacy Rosen, Ellen Kaplan, Julie Silber and Janie Stein
I’ve had Shabbas dinners on Friday nights
With every Shapiro in Washington Heights

But the minute I first met you
I could barely catch my breath
I’ve been standing for days with a phone in my hand
Like an idiot, scared to death
I’ve been wandering through the desert
I’ve been beaten, I’ve been hit
My people have suffered for thousands of years
And I don’t give a s*it

If you had a pierced tongue, that wouldn’t matter

If you kidnapped a cat or you held up a store
If your mother and your brother had relations with each other
And your father gets nostalgic for the Civil War
I’d say, “Well, you know, nobody’s perfect”
It’s tragic but it’s true
I’d say, hey, hey, Shiksa Goddess
I’ve been waiting for someone like you

Breaking the circle
You
Taking the light
You
You are the story I should write
I have to write

If you drove an RV, that wouldn’t matter
If you like to drink blood, I think it’s cute
If you’ve got a powerful connection to your firearm collection
I say, “Draw a bead and shoot”
I’m your Hebrew slave at your service
Just tell me what to do
I’d say, hey, hey, hey
I’ve been waiting for someone
I’ve been praying for someone
I think that I could be in love with someone
Like you