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Chinese Rocks

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Somebody called me on the phone
They said 'hey, is Dee Dee home?'
Do you wanna take a walk
Do you wanna go and cop
Do you wanna go and get some
Chinese rocks?

I'm living on a Chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a Chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
It is!

The plaster's falling off the wall
My girlfriend's crying in the shower stall
Its hot as a bitch
I should have been rich
But I'm just digging a Chinese ditch

I'm living on a Chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a Chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
It is!

The plaster's falling off the wall
My girlfriend's crying in the shower stall
Its hot as a bitch
I should have been rich
But I'm just digging a Chinese ditch

I'm living on a Chinese rock
All my best things are in hock
I'm living on a Chinese rock
Everything is in the pawn shop
It is!
I'm living on a Chinese rock...

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jackiecurtis On Jan 29, 2008

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2008-01-29 14:06:28

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Cover art for Chinese Rocks lyrics by Johnny Thunders

by gabbagabbaheygirl

18y ago

WHAT, no comments? although I prefer the ramones one...

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by mightyvague

18y ago

I like this one more, the whole band lived it.

And the song is about heroine in case you managed to still not know that

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