Rockaway Beach Lyrics
The sun is out and I want some.
It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach.
Up on the roof, out on the street
Down in the playground the hot concrete
Busride is too slow
They blast out the disco on the radio
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
Rock Rock Rockaway Beach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach
It's not hard, not far to reach
We can hitch a ride
To Rockaway Beach.
(Repeat)
Ah, Rockaway Beach. I lived in queens as a kid and i remember going there. in fact my grandfather was a lifeguard there in the 30s and 40s.
Rockaway Bch is an a real place. The Ramones are singing about their youth, and going to the beach. Rockaway Beach is in Queens, NY not far from where the Ramones grew up in Forest Hills, Queens.
They used to hitchhike or take the bus. which is about an hour trip. "bus ride is to slow - they blast out the disco on the radio" which is a slap at the Italian kids (like John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever) who would play loud disco on the ride.
This is pretty much exactly what it is about.... They used to ride the Q53 bus or Q11 and Q21 down Woodhaven blvd. and over Crossbay blvd. into Rockaway (probably from 63rd Dr. or Queens Center Mall).
This is pretty much exactly what it is about.... They used to ride the Q53 bus or Q11 and Q21 down Woodhaven blvd. and over Crossbay blvd. into Rockaway (probably from 63rd Dr. or Queens Center Mall).
It's funny how you talk about the Italians in Howard Beach and Ozone Park because it's still like that today when you travel on the Q53 into Rockaway.
It's funny how you talk about the Italians in Howard Beach and Ozone Park because it's still like that today when you travel on the Q53 into Rockaway.
The only thing I wonder is what year this song was written about....not the year it was written, but the year it was lived.
The only thing I wonder is what year this song was written about....not the year it was written, but the year it was lived.
well this is my favorite ramones song ever its a good song no a great song one of the best id love to go to rock away beach "we can hich a ride to rockaway beach!"
^My sentiments exactly.
great new wave sound, even suggests a hint of beach boys buried under there. love it and miss my youth.
JOEY.....SUN.......FUN......WATER???
I love this song! Its so fun! Ive been to A Rockaway Beach (in MO, near Branson), but unfortunately, not that one.
"we can get your rocks at rockaway beach."... drug reference anybody?
new dawn fades, it's we can hitch a ride to rockaway beach, just look at the lyrics, they say nothing about get your rocks. learn to read.
If you own the Rocket to Russia album read the entire book sleve. You'll get a pretty good image of what Rockaway Beach was actually like.