The Staff is Talented!

As sung during "The JAMies" on 7/27/08 at 2:00 AM!

JAMers ’08 (to tune of American Pie)

A long, long time ago,
We can still remember,
How those cold cuts used to make you smile.
And we knew if you had the chance,
That you would make that Samuel dance,
And maybe you’d be happy for awhile.
But Toranut would make you quiver,
With every trash bag you’d deliver.
Spilled milk on the doorstep,
You couldn’t take one more step,
Said you cleaned up, but you lied,
Tiff went downstairs and looked inside,
Refrigerator smells like something died,
Oh well, I guess you tried.

So bye, bye, JAMers ’08,
Take the metro to the airport, hope your plane is not late.
Those good old days and all the meat that you ate,
Singin’ Summer JAM was really great!
Summer JAM 2008.

Getzel wrote the book on LOVE,
You’re not allowed on the floor above,
Cause Shmuly tells you so.
Chocolate milk may sound real good,
But do you -- really -- think you should?
Can you sneak back to your room real slow?
Well we saw her in the park with him,
And there’s a red-flagged couple in the gym,
Not supposed to be in twos,
We’ve got our eyes on you!
We have our own teenage lifeguard here,
So we’re all safe at JAM this year,
Departure time is drawing near,
It cannot be denied…

Bye, bye, JAMers ’08,
Take the metro to the airport, hope your plane is not late.
Those good old days and all the meat that you ate,
Singin’ Summer JAM was really great!
Summer JAM 2008.

So for four weeks you’ve been away from home,
Doing laundry on your own,
That’s not how it used to be.
When you shout to each other from your balcony,
The whole staff hears you so clearly,
As your voices echo through the street.
And while you’re out there looking down,
Pa-meh-la’s face turns to a frown,
You should have gone to bed,
But you stayed up all night instead.
And we biked to see DC landmarks,
We talked to God while in the park,
And you sang zmirot in the dark,
‘til we made you come inside…

Washington, DC in a summer swelter.
Your rooms looked like a fallout shelter
Clothes piled high and lots of snacks.
“Y’all Stink,” said Shmuly at a meal,
The experiences here were so surreal.
Four weeks -- they went by -- too fast.
Yoni filmed for PBS,
The scenes he’ll show we can only guess,
We all got up to dance,
Smooth Operator

We’re always singing,
Bye, bye, JAMers ’08,
Take the metro to the airport, hope your plane is not late.
Those good old days and all the meat that you ate,
Singin’ Summer JAM was really great!
Summer JAM 2008.

Jake was Obama, Nikki McCain,
Those GW ponchos for the rain,
Are you late for Hineini again?
The dance party was so exciting,
Complete with a unique candle-lighting,
Cause fire is Gavi’s special friend.

Oh, and as you watched poets on the stage
Your hands were clenched in fists of rage.
You all have thoughts to share,
So get the world to care.
The 5th floor partied every night,
We heard Scott laughing with delight
We watched Jake and Jeremy fight,
Who’s right? They can’t decide.

We were singing,
Bye, bye, JAMers ’08,
Take the metro to the airport, hope your plane is not late.
Those good old days and all the meat that you ate,
Singin’ Summer JAM was really great!
Summer JAM 2008.

I met a girl whose name was Lani,
And her husband or brother, we called him Ari,
Oh well, doesn’t matter anyway.
You fought to go to the CVS store
Can’t believe we met only weeks before,
But you’ll think of us, every da-a-ay...

And in the streets: Shabbas Koidesh screamed,
Sam’s Group cried, and the A-Team cleaned.
Commitments were all spoken;
The Ping Pong balls were broken.
And the things that we’ll remember most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost (THE WHAT?)
You’ll catch the last plane for the coast
JAM was quite the ride…

And we were singing,
Bye, bye, JAMers ’08,
Take the metro to the airport, hope your plane is not late.
Those good old days and all the meat that you ate,
Singin’ Summer JAM was really great!
Summer JAM 2008.

Join our singing,
Bye, bye, JAMers ’08,
Take the metro to the airport, hope your plane is not late.
Those good old days and all the meat that you ate,
Singin’ Summer JAM was really great!
Summer JAM 2008.