Lyrics to
Surfin’ Bird

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

This version of Surfin’ Bird was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Well everybody’s heard about the bird

Bird bird bird
Bird is the word

Don’t you know about the bird
Well everybody knows that the bird is a word

Bird bird bird bird is a word


Ramones has released many songs over the years besides Surfin’ Bird. Ramones released songs from 1976 to 1994 spanning across albums like Ramones, Leave Home, Rocket To Russia, Road To Ruin, End Of The Century, Pleasant Dreams, Subterranean Jungle, Too Tough To Die, Animal Boy, Halfway To Sanity, Brain Drain, Mondo Bizarro, Acid Eaters, and Adios Amigos!. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Ramones.

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About Lyrics and Surfin’ Bird by Ramones

The lyrics for Surfin’ Bird 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 Surfin’ Bird 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 Surfin’ Bird 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 Surfin’ Bird" means the words set to the music of Surfin’ Bird, 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 Surfin’ Bird and the lyrics to Surfin’ Bird 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 Surfin’ Bird, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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