Ramones - Pleasant Dreams RAMONES / PLEASANT DREAMS
1981 - Sire Records

1.We Want The Airwaves
2.All's Quiet On The Eastern Front
3.The K K K Took My Baby Away
4.Don't Go
5.You Sound Like You're Sick
6.It's Not My Place
7.She's A Sensation
8.7-11
9.You Didn't Mean Anything To Me
10.Come On Now
11.This Business Is Killing Me
12.Sitting In My Room

WE WANT THE AIRWAVES
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
i met her at the 7-11 now i'm in the 7th heaven 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 insane 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
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
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
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
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


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