Music and Lyrics: I Wanna Be Sedated – Ramones

A couple of days ago, I raved on my Tumblr how thrilled I was to learn that My So-Called Life is coming back to TV. I had (and still have) a huuuuge fangirl thing over Jared Leto (oh, Jordan Catalano)! And, as I Tumblr-ed, he had me at Twenty, twenty, twenty-four hours to go!

But, this is not why I am sharing this song with you today, my friends. Today is the 10th anniversary of Joey Ramone (real name: Jeffry Ross Hyman), lead vocalist of the punk rock band, Ramones, who wrote the lyrics of this song in 1977-78.

Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin’ to do and no where to go-o-oh I wanna be sedated
Just get me to the airport put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go….
Just put me in a wheelchair and put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my brain
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go I wanna be sedated
Nothin’ to do and no where to go-o-o I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair get me to the show
Hurry hurry hurry before I gotta go
I can’t control my fingers I can’t control my toes
Oh no no no no no
Twenty-twenty-twenty four hours to go…
Just put me in a wheelchair…
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated
Ba-ba-bamp-ba ba-ba-ba-bamp-ba I wanna be sedated