Lyrics to
We’re A Happy Family

This version of We’Re A Happy Family was released by Ramones in 1977.

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We’re a happy family
We’re a happy family
We’re a happy family
Me mom and daddy

Siting here in Queens
Eating refried beans
We’re in all the magazines
Gulpin’ down thorazines

We ain’t got no friends
Our troubles never end
No Christmas cards to send
Daddy likes men

Daddy’s telling lies
Baby’s eating flies
Mommy’s on pills
Baby’s got the chills

I’m friends with the President
I’m friends with the Pope
We’re all making a fortune
Selling Daddy’s dope

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About Lyrics and We’Re A Happy Family by Ramones

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

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