Back in the early 80s, while a student at Clemson University in South Carolina, I got into a musician named Steve Forbert, who had a hit with Romeo's Tune. In the intervening years I forgot about him, but recently heard that he has a new song: Strange Names (North New Jersey's Got 'Em):

I'm from Piscataway, I'm going that-a-way,
West on the Jersey map, out towards the Water Gap,
Oh, h-ho ho,
Oh, h-ho ho.
I've seen Parsippany, northwest of Whippany,
Mahwah to Hackensack, I've made the trip and back,
Oh, h-ho ho,
Oh, h-ho ho.

Strange names, north New Jersey's got 'em,
Them strange names towns,
Strange names, north New Jersey's got 'em,
Them strange names towns,
Oh, h-ho ho.

Hoboken's got me stressed, I'm going to motor west,
Out Succasunna way, Netcong or Rockaway,
Oh, h-ho ho.
Oh, h-ho ho.

North New Jersey's got strange names towns a lot,
Your cool local spot may or it may have not,
Your cool local spot may.

I've seen Paramus, well, that's next to Oradell,
Hohokus takes the cake, wait, that'd be Cheesequake!
Oh, h-ho ho,
Oh, h-ho Ho-ho-kus
Strange names, North New Jersey's got 'em,
them strange names towns,
Oh, h-ho ho.

North New Jersey's got strange names towns a lot,
Your cool local spot may or it may have not,
Your cool local spot . . .

I'm from Piscataway, I'm going that-a-way

Growing up, I didn't really think much about some of those names, but it's fun to see somebody notice and then write a song about them.