Ramones - End of the Century RAMONES / END OF THE CENTURY
1980

1.Do You Remember Rock'n'Roll Radio ?
2.I'm Affected
3.Danny Says
4.Chinese Rock
5.The Return Of Jackie And Judy
6.Let's Go
7.Baby, I Love You
8.I Can't Make It On Time
9.This Ain't Havana
10.Rock'N'Roll High School
11.All The Way
12.High Risk Insurance

DO YOU REMEMBER ROCK'N'ROLL RADIO
do you remember hullabaloo, upbeat, shindig and ed sullivan too?. do you remember rock'n'roll radio? do you remember rock'n'roll radio? do you remember murray the k, alan freed, and high energy? it's the end, the end of the 70's. it's the end, the end of the century. do you remember lying in bed with your covers pulled up over your head? radio playin' so one can see. we need change, we need it fast before rock's just part of the past. 'cause lately it all sound the same to me. oh-oh. will you remember jerry lee, john lennon, t. rex and ol' moulty? it's the end, the end of the 70's. it's the end, the end of the century.

I'M AFFECTED
when i look into your big brown eyes and i feel like i'm in paradise. i wan't you by my side. 'cause i'm affected, 'fected yeah, i'm affected, 'fected. well i'm affected. and all i want is you. didn't know it a few years ago, but now finally know. i want you by my side. i want you baby, baby, baby, baby. yeah, i love you and i want you to know. yeah, yeah, and that's for sure i want you by my side. 'cause i'm affected, 'fected yeah, i'm affected, well i'm affected. and all i want is you.

DANNY SAYS
danny says we gotta go. gotta go to idaho but we can't go surfin' 'cause it's 20 below. sound check's at 5:02. record stores and interviews. oh, but i can't wait to be with you tomorrow. baby oho-ho-ho, we got nowhere to go and it may sound funny, but's true. hangin' out in 100 b watching get smart on tv. thinkin' about. you and me and you and me. hangin' out in l.a. and there's nowhere to go. it ain't christmas if there ain't no snow. listening to sheena on the radio. oh-ho oh-ho.

CHINESE ROCK
somebody calls me on the phone. say hey-hey-hey is arty home. you wanna take a walk. you wanna go cop. you wanna go get some chinese rock. i'm livin' on a chinese rock. all my best things are in hock. i'm livin' on a chinese rock. everything is in the pawn shop. the plaste fallin' of the wall. my girlfriend cryin' in the shower stall. it's hot as a bitch. i should've been rich. but i'm just diggin' a chinese ditch.

THE RETURN OF A JACKIE AND JUDY
jackie is a punk, judy is a runt. they went down to the mudd club. and they both got drunk. oh-yeah. jackie is a bookie, judy's taking loans. they both came up to new york. just to see the ramones. oh-yeah. and oh, i don't know why she wrote that letter. oh no, oh no. oh i don't know why, we won't forget her oh no. jackie's playing hooky, judy's playing pool. they both got caught for cutting. got to go to summer school. oh-yeah. jackie's scalping tickets. judy's getting harassed. they both got kicked outside. didn't have a backstage pass. oh-yeah. and oh, i don't know why she wrote that letter. oh no, oh no. oh i don't know why, don't know what's on her mind. i don't know, no, i don't know. but, i can't stand to see her cryin' she's still cryin', she ain't tryin'. she's going to get left behind. nobody wants you, nobody wants you.

LET'S GO
don't wanna study on the g.i. bill. want more action, haven't had my fill mercenary, fight for anyone, fight for money, fight for fun. let's go. got a country you wanna protect. but your army is more likely to defect. hire my smg with a full clip. on automatic it's a guaranteed hit. let's go. gee it's kinda scary out here. mosquitos are happy tonight. mommy, daddy, can i please come home. even if just for on night. let's go. shocked how deadly we fight back. troublemakers who attack mercenary. fight for anyone, fight for money, fight for fun. let's go.

BABY, I LOVE YOU
have i ever told you how good it feels to hold you it isn't easy to explain and though i'm really trying i think i may stop crying my heart can't wait another day when you kiss me i just gotta kiss me i just gotta kiss me i just gotta say baby i love you c'mon baby baby i love you ooh-wee-ooh baby baby i love i love only you i can't live without you i love everythinh about you i can't help it if i feel this way oh, i'm so glad i found you i want my arms around you i love to hear you call my name oh, tell me that ya feel tell me that ya feel tell me that ya feel the same baby i love you c'mon baby baby i love you ooh-wee-ooh baby baby i love i love only you oh, i'm so glad i found you i want my arms around you i love to hear you call my name oh, tell me that ya feel tell me that ya feel tell me that ya feel the same

I CAN'T MAKE IT ON TIME
i can't make it on time. i can't make it on time. i keep tryin' and tryin' i can't make it on time. i can't hurry and you can't wait. it doesn't matter 'cause we're already late. i can't get off the telephone. it always rings when i'm alone. you gotta wait wait 'cause you don't need no one. wait wait, 'cause you know that i'm the one. you gotta wait. hey, hey' hey. wait.

THIS AIN'T HAVANA
i had no advantage over you. there was troubles and i had 'em too. just 'cause you're so stung out. don't mean it can't work out. ba-ba-banana, this ain't havana. do you like bananas, ba-ba-bananas. say you're a victim of society. you ask them for your mercy. just like the cats in the garbage cans. when's their time coming, man. you better offer some resistance. you better give up on my insistence. things happen overnight. you don't give up without a fight. ba-ba-banana, this ain't havana. do yo like bananas, ba-ba-bananas. you say you're poor and uneducated. you ain't gotta chance 'cause you're hated. you're on your way to life's promotion. you hinder it with emotion. ba-ba-banana, this ain't havana. do yo like bananas, ba-ba-bananas.

ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
well i don't care about history. rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school 'cause that's not where i wanna be. rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school i just wanna have some kicks. i just wanna get some chicks. rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school well the girls out there knock me out, you know. rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school cruisin' around in my gto. rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school i hate the teachers and the principal. don't wanna be taught to be no fool. rock, rock, rock, rock, rock'n'roll high school fun fun rock'n'roll highschool. fun fun rock'n'roll highschool. fun fun rock'n'roll highschool. fun fun, oh baby.

ALL THE WAY
feedback blasting out my ears. makes me so high. i love all the monitor men. but why are they alive. the van is making me crazy. it's just like being in the navy. doomsday, doomsda's coming- 1981. but until things blow. i'm gonna have some fun. the bubble's going to explode. probably never live to get old. but i just wanna have some fun. probably won't see no money. i just wanna have some fun. before they throw me in the sanitarium.

HIGH RISK INSURANCE
high risk insurance. the time is right. high risk insurance. the time is right. got endurance, i was trained. i got my sights adjusted and my telescope aimed. everybody wants an explanation. got no love for the enemy nation. you gotta fight to stay independent. i got my pride and i'm gonna defend it.


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