In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
They met in nineteen-eighty at the school disco
He kissed her for the first time on the last bus home
he said 'you be dirty Harry, I'll be Joey Ramone
She saw shooting stars flash by
The moon exploded in the sky
Her heart flipped when they kissed
Star dust on her lips
Special pact in the dark
Getting pissed in the park
She's in love
She's in love
And when they walked downtown all the people would stare
They used to laugh at her clothes and the color of their hair
She was seventeen and she didn't care
'Cause baby's gonna take her everywhere
'Cause he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey Ramone
Yeah he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey
He was Joey Ramone
When she met him she was standing in a pure white light
He said do you like the Sex Pistols
Have you got a light?
And all the stars were shining on a perfect saturday night
Holding him tight
Kissing him in the dark
In the back of daddy's car
Have a drink
Have a laugh
Do you want my autograph
No school
Summer's out
Make me wanna twist and shout
Down on the beaches lookin' at the peaches
And when they walked downtown all the people would stare
They used to laugh at her clothes and the color of their hair
She was seventeen and she didn't care
'Cause baby's gonna take her everywhere
'Cause he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey Ramone
yeah he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was joey
He was Joey Ramone
'Cause he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey Ramone
yeah he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey
He was Joey Ramone
He kissed her for the first time on the last bus home
he said 'you be dirty Harry, I'll be Joey Ramone
She saw shooting stars flash by
The moon exploded in the sky
Her heart flipped when they kissed
Star dust on her lips
Special pact in the dark
Getting pissed in the park
She's in love
She's in love
And when they walked downtown all the people would stare
They used to laugh at her clothes and the color of their hair
She was seventeen and she didn't care
'Cause baby's gonna take her everywhere
'Cause he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey Ramone
Yeah he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey
He was Joey Ramone
When she met him she was standing in a pure white light
He said do you like the Sex Pistols
Have you got a light?
And all the stars were shining on a perfect saturday night
Holding him tight
Kissing him in the dark
In the back of daddy's car
Have a drink
Have a laugh
Do you want my autograph
No school
Summer's out
Make me wanna twist and shout
Down on the beaches lookin' at the peaches
And when they walked downtown all the people would stare
They used to laugh at her clothes and the color of their hair
She was seventeen and she didn't care
'Cause baby's gonna take her everywhere
'Cause he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey Ramone
yeah he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was joey
He was Joey Ramone
'Cause he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey Ramone
yeah he said they'd live in New York
And the stars would be their own
She was dirty harry and he was Joey
He was Joey Ramone
Lyrics submitted by babiesturnblue, edited by modernrocksong, burpcity
Debbie Loves Joey Lyrics as written by Helen Jones
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