Lyrics to
Go Mental

This version of Go Mental was released by Ramones in 1978.

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I’m going mental
I’m going mental
Out of the hospital
Out against my will
Life is so beautiful
I’ve gone mental
Mental
Mental
I’ve killed my family
They thought I was an oddity
Life is so beautiful
I am a vegetable
Mental..
I’m going mental…
Staring at the goldfish bowl
Poppin’ phenobarbitol
Life is so beautiful
I’ve gone mental
Mental..
Sitting on my window sill
Life is so beautiful
I’ve become irrational
I’ve gone mental
Mental…
I’m going mental…
I’m going mental…

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About Lyrics and Go Mental by Ramones

The lyrics for Go Mental are defined as the words making up the song released by Ramones in 1978. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Go Mental have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Ramones and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Go Mental by Ramones if you think through it. 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 Go Mental" means the words set to the music of Go Mental, 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 Go Mental and the lyrics to Go Mental 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 Go Mental, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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