Lyrics to Teenage Lobotomy

This version of Teenage Lobotomy was released by Ramones in 1977.

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Lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy, lobotomy!
DDT did a job on me
Now I am a real sickie
Guess I’ll have to break the news
That I got no mind to lose
All the girls are in love with me
I’m a teenage lobotomy

Slugs and snails are after me
DDT keeps me happy
Now I guess I’ll have to tell ’em
That I got no cerebellum
Gonna get my Ph.D.
I’m a teenage lobotomy

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About Lyrics and Teenage Lobotomy by Ramones

The lyrics to Teenage Lobotomy are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Ramones in 1977. Elements of the lyrics to Teenage Lobotomy 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 Teenage Lobotomy back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Teenage Lobotomy 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 Teenage Lobotomy" means the words set to the music of Teenage Lobotomy, 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 Teenage Lobotomy and the lyrics to Teenage Lobotomy 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 Teenage Lobotomy, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.