Lyrics to
Rockaway Beach

This version of Rockaway Beach was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Chewin’ at a rhythm on my bubble gum
The sun is out, I want some
It’s not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach

Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground the hot concrete
Bus ride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio

Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach

It’s not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach

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When you decide to study the lyrics to Rockaway Beach, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Ramones. Some of the lyrics to Rockaway Beach have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Ramones and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Rockaway Beach if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rockaway Beach" means the words set to the music of Rockaway Beach, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Ramones. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rockaway Beach and the lyrics to Rockaway Beach are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Ramones who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rockaway Beach, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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