Lyrics to
53rd & 3rd

This version of 53Rd & 3Rd was released by Ramones in 1976.

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If you think you can, well come on man
I was a Green Beret in Viet Nam
No more of your fairy stories
‘Cause I got my other worries

53rd and 3rd
Standing on the street
53rd and 3rd
I’m tryin’ to turn a trick

53rd and 3rd
You’re the one they never pick
53rd and 3rd
Don’t it make you feel sick?

Then I took out my razor blade
Then I did what God forbade
Now the cops are after me
But I proved that I’m no sissy

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About Lyrics and 53Rd & 3Rd by Ramones

The lyrics for 53Rd & 3Rd are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1976 song by Ramones. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to 53Rd & 3Rd have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for 53Rd & 3Rd - Ramones and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to 53Rd & 3Rd by Ramones in multiple ways. 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 53Rd & 3Rd" means the words set to the music of 53Rd & 3Rd, 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 53Rd & 3Rd and the lyrics to 53Rd & 3Rd 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 53Rd & 3Rd, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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