Lyrics to
I Wanna Be Well

Released by Ramones in 1977
From the Album: Rocket To Russia |

This version of I Wanna Be Well was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Yeah, I wanna be well
I wanna be well
I wanna be
I want I want I want
I want I want I want
Yeah, I wanna be well

I want my
LSD, golly gee,
DDT, wowee!
Daddy’s broke
Holy smoke
My future’s bleak
Ain’t it neat?


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The lyrics for I Wanna Be Well are defined as the words making up the song released by Ramones in 1977. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to I Wanna Be Well 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 I Wanna Be Well 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 I Wanna Be Well" means the words set to the music of I Wanna Be Well, 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 Well and the lyrics to I Wanna Be Well 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 Well, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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