Lyrics for Bonzo Goes To Bitburg as interpreted by BobSaget666

Bonzo Goes To Bitburg Lyrics
You've got to pick up the pieces C'mon, sort your trash
You better pull yourself back together Maybe you've got too much cash
Better call, call the law When you gonna turn yourself in? Yeah
You're a politician Don't become one of Hitler's children

Bonzo goes to bitburg then goes out for a cup of tea
As I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered me
Drank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policy
Pick up the pieces

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

Shouldn't wish you happiness, wish her the very best Fifty thousand dollar dress
Shaking hands with your highness See through you like cellophane
You watch the world complain, but you do it anyway Who am I, am I to say

Bonzo goes to bitburg then goes out for a cup of tea
As I watched it on TV somehow it really bothered me
Drank in all the bars in town for an extended foreign policy
Pick up the pieces

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

If there's one thing that makes me sick It's when someone tries to hide behind politics
I wish that time could go by fast Somehow they manage to make it last

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

My brain is hanging upside down I need something to slow me down

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jookilicious
08-30-2002

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Bonzo is supposed to be Ronald Regan (if I'm not mistaken) and his trip to Germany.

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jookilicious
08-30-2002

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Bonzo is supposed to be Ronald Regan (if I'm not mistaken) and his trip to Germany.

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kenf62
09-27-2002

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Reagan took a lot of flack for that trip, since he participated in a memorial at a cemetery which held quite a lot of dead Nazis. Dee Dee later weakened his dislike of Ronnie and changed the title to "My Brain Is Hanging Upside Down."

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87th
11-25-2004

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It wasn't actually Dee Dee's choice. Johnny forced Dee Dee to change the name for the album, or it wouldn't go on (due to Johnny's Right-Wing, Pro-Reagan beliefs).

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caffeinerockz44
02-24-2005

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Me and my band played this song at a concert and its so awesome. One of my favorite songs ever

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a-dawg
04-14-2005

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Its about legendary Led Zepplin drummer John Bonham and his drinking habits, although it has nothing to do with that.

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Jesus of Suburbia
04-22-2005

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This song is about Ronald Reagan\'s controversial trip to a nazi cemetary in Bitburg, Germany. Also, \"Bonzo\" is the name of a monkey that appeared in a movie with Reagan

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punkrockariotchik
12-15-2005

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i love this song
its awesum

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DarkStar21
01-23-2006

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The drums were awesome and the song is just mind-blowing!

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DeeDee_Thunders
01-29-2006

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As said before it's about Reagans controversial trip Germany to be a part of a memorial service that paid respect to some fallen Nazi soldiers... Johnny hated the idea of the song cos he was strictly right wing

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byrock
02-12-2006

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This song has the BEST song lyrics, I remember listening to them when I was younger and it making me want to kick those facious, controlling authoritarian figures right in the face! Not that I actualy did... but one can dream.

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MickyRamone
05-06-2006

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I am a complete and 100% strictly republican...
Thissong might have good lyrics...
But it sucks ass...
Ronald was the best President...

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xSiddersx
09-21-2006

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you what... dear god, if you're being serious: piss off!
this song is fucking AWESOME

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thenothinginside
10-21-2006

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Awesome song, the meaning has actually been discussed 'n' stuff. So yeah just wanted to say Trashlight Vision do a good cover of this song. :)

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MickyRamone
11-20-2006

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johnny never wanted to play it he was a closet republican but a band is a democracy and majority rules.just goes to show.i love the ramones,there is no bigger fan than me.i own all the albums and every t-shirt version of the ramones ever made.i sit and interpret evry song until i'm sure i understand them.i also know every song lyric by heart.but this song just doesn't sit right with me.

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Floydian42
12-21-2006

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jookilicious is right. Bonzo was the name of the clown that ronald reagan played when he was an actor. When joey said the chorus (my brain is hanging...) i think it means he (and the ramones) is so far ahead by actually seeing the corruption in politicians, when everyone else just seems to think that because they are so powerful, that they dont make any mistakes. I love this song so much. I also don't like a lot of politicians because of how much they lie, and how selfish some are.

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Modernkicks
01-19-2007

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Amazing song. My band covered it. So fun to play. I think he's talking about politics in this song. And how the world is going crazy. Like your kind of just sitting at home watching all this crazy stuff happen on the tv.

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Alyssa1224
03-20-2007

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i heard this song in a movie and i cant figure out which one. its pissing me off! anyone know a movie they heard this in?

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wildaboutyou
03-24-2007

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its in School of Rock...

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Alyssa1224
03-25-2007

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THATS IT! thanks

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stevie-rock
05-11-2007

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probably in the top three favorite song by The Ramones. i agree its about politics and i think about corruption in politics

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Richard Enahobo
05-11-2007

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It's a cool song, but I prefer their non-political songs more.

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CesaroSummability
12-09-2007

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Eye heart this song! Great tune. I watch School of Rock just to get to the mantage seen.

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losttango
02-13-2008

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Floydian42, "Bonzo" does mean Reagan but it has nothing to do with clowns. It refers to "Bedtime for Bonzo" in which Reagan co-starred with a chimpanzee. Bonzo was the chimp.

As far as I'm aware, this is Joey's song. Joey was Jewish and politically liberal, so had particular reason to be dismayed at Reagan's visit to an SS cemetery. The comments about Johnny are correct.

The song actually has some similarities with Elvis Costello's "Less then Zero", which was about British fascist Oswald Moseley.

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PeteyRamone
02-02-2009

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Whether we agree with Johnny's political views or not, I think he must be respected for sticking to his beliefs and not selling out just because it would have been more popular to do so. After all, isn't that one of the things we really like about the Ramones to begin with?



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