THE RAMONES - PLEASANT DREAMS (1981)

WE WANT THE AIRWAVES
ALL'S QUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT
THE KKK TOOK MY BABY AWAY
DON'T GO
YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE SICK
IT'S NOT MY PLACE (IN THE 9 TO 5 WORLD)
SHE'S A SENSATION
7-11
YOU DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME
COME ON NOW
THIS BUSINESS IS KILLING ME
SITTING IN MY ROOM

WE WANT THE AIRWAVES 3.20 (Joey Ramone)

9 to 5 and 5 to 9 ain't gonna take it
It's our time we want the world
And we want it now we're gonna take it, anyhow

We want the airwaves We want the airwaves We want
the airwaves, baby if rock is gonna stay alive

Oh yeah-well all right let's rock-tonite all night

Where's your guts and will to survive
And don't you wanna keep rock & roll
Music alive Mr.Programmer I got my hammer

And I'm gonna smash my smash my radio

We want the airwaves We want the airwaves We want
the airwaves, baby if rock is gonna stay alive

ALL'S QUIET ON THE EASTERN FRONT 2.12 (Dee Dee Ramone)

Watch the watch the way I walk
Can't you think my movements talk
Watch the watch the way I walk
Can't you think my movements talk

See me silently quietly creep I am too
amped up to sleep lamp rays shining down
Street lamps make the bussing sound subway
Creaking down below garbage piled up and ready to go

Lock the windows the gates on taxi in the
Distance coming along stalking the streets
Till the break of day New York beauty take my
Breath away near some cats but dog's don't
bark cool cats strolling after dark

Watch the watch the way I walk
Can't you think my movements talk
Watch the watch the way I walk
Can't you think my movements talk

Shaky lock and kicky door smokey air that
I adore down in the alley is where I hunt
All is quiet on the eastern front

Stalking the streets till the break of day
New York beauty take my breath away

Watch the watch the way I walk
Can't you think my movements talk
Watch the watch the way I walk
Can't you think my movements talk
Can't you think my movements talk
Can't you think my movements talk

THE KKK TOOK MY BABY AWAY 2.31 (Joey Ramone)

She went away for the holidays said she's
Going to L.A. but she never got there
She never got there, she never got there, they say

She went away for the holidays said she's
Going to L.A. but she never got there
She never got there, she never got there, they say

The KKK took my baby away they took her away
Away from me The KKK took my baby away
They took her away away from me

Now I don't know where my baby can be they
Took her away from me They took her away from me
I don't know where my baby can be They took
Her away from mr They took her away from me

Ring me, ring me, ring me up the President
And finf out where my baby went
Ring me, ring me, ring me up the FBI and find
Out if baby's alive yeah, yeah, yeah

O-o-o-o-o-o O-o-o-o-o-o
She went away for holidays She went away for holidays

The KKK took my baby away The KKK took my baby away

They took my girl they took my baby away

DON'T GO 2.46 (Joey Ramone)

She was everything to me oh yeah she was everything
to me but how I ever let her go I'll never know

She was everything to me oh yeah she was everything
tome still how I ever ever let her go I'll never know

Don't go, don't go baby don't go Don't go, don't go
Baby don't go don't go, don't go don't leave me this way
Hey, hey, hey Don't go, don't go baby don't go
Don't go, don't go baby don't go don't go, don't go
Don't leave me this way hey, hey, hey hey

She was everything to me, oh yeah she was everything
To me but how I ever ever let her go I'll never know

She was everything to me the sun, the earth the moon
My baby still how I ever let her go I'll never know

But she wouldn't do what I wanted her she wouldn't
Do it for me a-no-no

Don't go, don't go baby don't go Don't go, don't go
Baby don't go don't go, don't go don't leave me this way
Hey, hey, hey o-no-no Don't go, don't go baby don't go
Don't go, don't go baby don't go don't go, don't go
Don't leave me this way hey, hey, hey hey o-o-o-o-o

YOU SOUND LIKE YOU ARE SICK 2.40 (Dee Dee Ramone)

Well I can't understand anything about you
Help you if I can what can I do

Here's your new home that's where you must be
Is the institution 'cause you're so lazy

But if you must act up again & again
'Cause everybody knows you're a hopeless problem

Here's your new home that's where you must be
Is the institution 'cause you're so lazy

You sound like you're sick you look like you're
Sick too you sound like you're sick

But if you must act up But if you must act up
You sound like you're sick You sound like you're sick

Well I can't understand anything about you (repeat verse)

You sound like you're sick you look like you're
Sick too you sound like you're sick

You sound like you're sick you look like you're
Sick too well you sound like you're sick
You sound like you're sick

IT'S NOT MY PLACE (IN THE 9 TO 5 WORLD) 3.22 (Joey Ramone)

My mom and dad are always fighting and it's
Getting very un-exciting to get a good bob
You need the proper schooling now who the
Hell do ya think you're fooling

But it's not my place oh-no no it's not my
Place no no no it's my-not my-not my place
In the 9 to 5 world and it's not my place
In the 9 to 5 world

And it's not my place with 9 to 5 girl
It's not my place in the 9 to 5 world

Hangin' out with Lester Bangs you all and
Phil Spector really has it all Uncle Floyd
shows on the T.V. Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, 10cc

But it's not my place But It's not my place

Don't wanna be a working stiff lose my identify
'Cause when it comes to working 9 to 5 there
Ain't no place for me ain't my reality, to me

Vin Scelsa's on the radio Ramones are hangin'
Out in Kokomo Roger Corman's on a talk show
With Allan Arkush and Stephen King you know

But it's not my place But It's not my place

SHE'S A SENSATION 3.26 (Joey Ramone)

She's a sensation She's a sensation
She looks a so sweet

She's a sensation She's a sensation
Good enough a to eat

She's a sensation oh-oh-oh She looks
A so fine She's a sensation She's a
Sensation I'm gonna make a her mine

No matter what you do I give my heart to you
And oh-oh-baby I will give to you no matter
What they say yeah, we can find a way
And oh-oh-baby we can find a way

I didn't know it till I walked you home
That, I feel the way I do and I don't care
What the neighbors say I always will be true
I always will love you love you a-wo-wo-wo-wo

7-11 3.33 (Joey Ramone)

I met her at the 7-11 now I'm in the 7th
Heaveb tell me, tell me can this be true
I never thought I'd ever meet a girl like you

She was standing by the Space Invaders so I said
Can I see you later yeah we went for a little
Spin down to teh holiday inn

We was young and in love We was young and in love
And you're the only girl I'm ever thinking of

We went down to the record swap the kids were
Dancing to the Blitzkrieg Bop Bop-shoo-wop
Shoo-wop shoo-wop Bop-shoo-wop shoo-wop shoo-wop

What ever happened to the radio and where did all
The fun sons go summer fun, with the Beach Boys on
But we all know what went wrong oh-wo-wo

We was young and in love We was young and in love
And you're the only girl I'm ever dreaming of

And so we went down to the dance which turned
Into a whole romance and after just one night
I never knew things could be so right
Oh-no-no-no-no-no-no-no

I kissed and hugged her and I said good-bye
Last thing I knew she wouldn't make it alive
Oncoming car went out of control it crushed
My baby and it crushed my soul now all I've
Got is sorrow and pain standing out here
In the rain the crash, shattering glass,
The sirens and pain is driving me insade oh-yeah

We was young and in love We was young and in love
And you're the only girl I'm ever thinking of
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

YOU DIDN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME 2.59 (Dee Dee Ramone)

Skies were cloudy everyday nothing wanted to grow
We had our last chance I think I told you so
Every dinner was crummy nothing was on T.V.
I was ready to pack it up our heads were so achey

You didn't mean anything to me
You didn't mean anything to me

We got to get away another lawn to mow
We had our last chance I think I told you so
Every dinner was crummy even the ones for free
I was ready to pack it up forget the agony

You didn't mean anything to me
You didn't mean anything to me

Everybody was cranky even the maids were mean
We ran into a miracle there was beer in the soda
Machine every dinner was crummy even the ones for
Free I was ready to pack it up forget the agony

You didn't mean anything to me
You didn't mean anything to me
You didn't mean anything to me
You didn't mean anything to me

COME ON NOW 2.30 (Dee Dee Ramone)

Come on now Come on now we got no wheels to race

Come on now Come on now police are every place

Come on now Come on now we got no skirts to chase

I'm just a junk food guy now I'm telling you why
I'm living at the matinee, yeah

I just want to sleep and play come on now
Come on now when the folks are not around

Come on now Come on now nagging 'bout the sound
Come on now Come on now to turn that racket down
I'm just a comic book boy there's nothing scary
To enjoy freak admission stroll inside
I was born on a roller coaster ride

Come on now Come on now we got no wheels to race

Come on now Come on now police are every place

Come on now Come on now we got no skirts to chase

I'm just a comic book boy there's nothing scary
To enjoy freak admission stroll inside
I was born on a roller coaster ride

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah come on now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah come on now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah come on now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah come on now

THIS BUSINESS IS KILLING ME 2.39 (Joey Ramone)

I'm sick to death I'm a nervous wreck
This business is killing me you know
This business is killing me you know
It's really killing me yeah

I'm sick to death I'm a nervous wreck
This business is killing me you know
This business is killing me you know
It's really killing me yeah

Oh-no oh-no oh-no Oh-no oh-no oh-no
Oh-no oh-no oh-no Oh-no ho

This business is killing me and so they say

Run around, run around love giving you
The run around it really makes you crazy
Run around, run around love giving you
The run around

Oh-no oh-no oh-no oh-no Oh-no oh-no oh-no oh-no
Oh-no oh-no oh-no oh-no Oh-no oh-no oh-no oh-no

This business is killing me and so they say hey, hey

You work, you work you write all night
Until the early morning light

Can't please all the people all the time all the
People all the time But they don't please me

Well I can't take it no more no I'cant take it no more

Run around, run around Run around, run around

Wee I can't take it no more no I can't take it

SITTING IN MY ROOM 2.30 (Dee Dee Ramone)

Sitting in my room record player on
Sitting in my room humming a sickening tune
Sitting in my room something to do soon

We know what we think of them the problems just
Keep piling in they got complaints about everything

It's us against them It's us against them
It's us against them

They just wanna worry that's not what any kid
Should have to do they just wanna be so lame
Maybe they should try and sniff some glue