Lyrics to
I Wanna Be Sedated

This version of I Wanna Be Sedated was released by Ramones in 1978.

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Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin’ to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go….
Just put me in a wheelchair, get me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin’ to do and no where to go-o-o I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I go loco
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my toes
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go…
Just put me in a wheelchair…
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The lyrics to I Wanna Be Sedated are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Ramones in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to I Wanna Be Sedated are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Ramones and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for I Wanna Be Sedated back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to I Wanna Be Sedated by Ramones in a number of 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 I Wanna Be Sedated" means the words set to the music of I Wanna Be Sedated, 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 I Wanna Be Sedated and the lyrics to I Wanna Be Sedated 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 I Wanna Be Sedated, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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