53rd & 3rd Lyrics
I was a Green Beret in Vietnam
No more of your fairy stories
Cause I got my other worries
53rd and 3rd Knobbing off some freak
53rd and 3rd You're the one they never pick
53rd and 3rd Don't it make you feel sick?
Then I did what God forbade
Now the cops are after me
But I proved that I'm no sissy.
it is about dee dee's prostitution. mickey confirms this, so does dee dee, but its up to you whether you'll believe it or not. during a recent trip to new york to research the ramones, i visited 53rd and 3rd, which is not too far from 5th avenue. it is now a street like any other, and no longer a spot for male prostitution.
I thought it was about Rambo until I noticed the stuff about turnin' tricks.
@alk3machine 14 years later.... I was just thinking "Hey, maybe that song is about Rambo". So I googled "53 and 3rd lyrics rambo" and nothing interested happened, so i changed for "53 and 3rd lyrics meaning" and here we are. Not so cool a singing about a male hooker. =)
@alk3machine 14 years later.... I was just thinking "Hey, maybe that song is about Rambo". So I googled "53 and 3rd lyrics rambo" and nothing interested happened, so i changed for "53 and 3rd lyrics meaning" and here we are. Not so cool a singing about a male hooker. =)
Most of you are stupid 53rd and 3rd is an interesection in NYC where lots of male prostitutes hung around trying to "turn a trick" (catch the eye of a john)
In this case, the whore was a green beret In vietnam. He stands on the corner, but never gets picked. When he finally does, he took out his razor blade and did what God forbade (he killed the john) to prove that he isn't a sissy, and now the cops are after him
I love the ramones we need more bands like this.
kitten...i think metallica does 53rd and 3rd on the tribute- kiss does do you remember rock-n-roll radio
yeah, its metallica.
why do people think that sum 41 and good charlotte and all those sort of bands are punk? please, someone give them a bit of ramones, bit of sex pistols, the clash....and then they'll know what punk is. when did punk die? why are there no good old school punk bands around today?
Jules, don't stress. As long as there's one person who loves real punk, it lives.
who ever said dee dee was a hooker was wrong, this song caused alot of suspicion that dee dee was a hooker b4 he formed the ramones but it was never proved that he was but who cares he rocks!!!
"mickey leigh: i remember driving by fifty-third street and third ave and seeing dee dee ramone standing out there. he had a black leather motorcycle jacket on, the one he would later wear on the first album cover. he was just standing there, so i knew what he was doing, because i knew that was the gay boy hustler spot. still, i was kind of shocked to see somebody i knew standing there, like, "holy shit. that's doug standing there. he's really doing it" (please kill me 174).
"dee dee ramone: the song 53rd & 3rd speaks for itself. everything i write is autobiographical and very real. i can't write any other way" (please kill me 175).
this is proof enough for me, "punkrockariotchik."
also, lol@ feedyourhead thinking he referenced a bunch of super obscure punk bands.