Ramones

We're A Happy Family

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We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me mom and daddy.
Sitting 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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maxine On Jun 30, 2001

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2001-06-30 22:02:43

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by CoNjOutsidersLsSm

23y ago

hehehe this songs a riot, its a mockery of classic american life, i love this song and if you listen at the end you can hear background noise ...its the sounds of a family,, this songs a great one!!!

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by MdnghtDance

21y ago

I love this song. These guy truely are the fathers of punk and I piece of me dies with each one of them. You gotta love the ramones.

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by CADEN MOORE

21y ago

DUDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS SONG IS THE THEAME OF THE NEW SURRELAL LIFE ON VH1!!! I DONT KNOW WHAT TO THINK

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by chessdogg

21y ago

Sounds like it's about a homeless family in the city. Although they get attention from journalists and politicians, they don't actually get help from those people