Lyrics for 53rd & 3rd as interpreted by rainbow_radness

53rd & 3rd Lyrics
If you think you can, well come on man
I was a Green Beret in Viet Nam
No more of your fairy stories
'Cause I got my other worries.
53rd and 3rd
Standing on the street
53rd and 3rd
I'm tryin' to turn a trick
53rd and 3rd
You're the one they never pick
53rd and 3rd
Don't make you feel sick ?
Then I took out my razor blade
Then I did what God forbade
Now the cops are after me
But I proved that I'm no sissy.

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rufimaniac
07-12-2002

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my friends played this song for a talent show, it was great

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rufimaniac
07-12-2002

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my friends played this song for a talent show, it was great

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GCgirlVicious311
09-11-2002

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I love the ramones we need more bands like this.

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_kurtcobainismygod_
10-11-2002

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I love the Ramones too, and more young people who like today's "punk" should listen to the Ramones and hear how it all started! by the way, this song is about Dee Dee's time spent as a young male hooker on the corner of 53rd & 3rd in Manhatten

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twist3dkitten
03-16-2003

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there is a cover on this Ramones TRibute cd. it is awsome it is covered by kiss i think and it is so cool because you get in to dee dee's mind. kinda a see what he sees .. and feel what he feels i think it is just deeper that the words it is the emotions that he feels

i also think it is about proving to people that he isn't a wuss and just fucks someone wwho tried to fuck him over it you catch my drift

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disco_blows_dogs_
03-26-2003

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long live the ramones. Best song of my life.
It makes sooooo much more sense this way..i thought the first verse 2nd line was "I wore a green barette in vietnam"

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alk3machine
04-25-2003

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I thought it was about Rambo until I noticed the stuff about turnin' tricks.

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alk3machine
04-25-2003

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I thought it was about Rambo until I noticed the stuff about turnin' tricks. He just wanted some food, man.

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apacherosepeacock
06-27-2003

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kitten...i think metallica does 53rd and 3rd on the tribute- kiss does do you remember rock-n-roll radio

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oidimed
05-10-2004

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yeah, its metallica.

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GABBA GABBA HEY!
10-09-2004

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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH

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CADEN MOORE
11-08-2004

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metalica sucks, sorry. much unlike this song. i love it . what is turning tricks???????


uh...you said that deedee was a male prostritutue? he was also a compusive lier Johnny said that you couldnt belive a word he said. sorry to ruin it!

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lucky_guess_rox
12-20-2004

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METALICA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

as long as you all know that, they suck

This song kicks

it really doesn't have a meaning no ramones songs ever did

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elwyn5150
01-27-2005

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> it really doesn't have a meaning no ramones songs ever did

That's a bit of a generalisation. Even "I wanna Be Your Boyfriend" had a very clear meaning.

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thegirlmostlovely
02-01-2005

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i like how this is based on a true story. dee dee used to hang around on street corners but i don't think he ever got too violent about it. read about in his is bio...

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moogfaag
02-03-2005

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yo dudes check it
53rd and 3rd was at the time known as THE hotspot in NYC to find yourself a nice gay hooker
so thatsa what it means
deedee mighta been a gay hooker, but i bet he wasnt a green beret, nor did he ever do to one what god forbade with a razor blade

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pogue mahone
02-06-2005

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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

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River Wolf
02-16-2005

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This songs kicks ass as does Metallica's version of it.

In "End of the Century", the Ramones documentary, it said that is was about when Dee Dee Ramone was a man hooker on the corner of 53rd and 3rd, he almost never got picked and when he did he pulled a knife to proove that he wasn't gay and only wanted money.

RIP: Johnny, Joey, Dee Dee

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punkrawkrebel
02-19-2005

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whether or not it involves dee dee, it seems to be a song written in despair about not being able to succeed in the lowest of lows: prostitution. when the person finally does, the dude kills the client to prove his worth.

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the King of shit
02-27-2005

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hey hey hey metallica doesnt suck. ramones kick ass and so does metallica.

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gabbagabba
03-25-2005

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sorry guys, but i have to agree with the king, metallica is ok, the real losers are people like good charlotte and avril and simple plan, rancid too, i used to like rancid till i heard their cover of sheena is a punkrocker, it was rediculously crappy

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blinkgirl-182
04-12-2005

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i love the ramones

a true punk band along with the sex pistols and the clash

live on xxxxx

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julesrules
04-30-2005

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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?

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Child Of Music
05-15-2005

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Jules, don't stress. As long as there's one person who loves real punk, it lives.

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optek00
12-08-2005

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mahone you are a good person...how could this many people have so much passion for somehtign they no nothing about? it kills me...

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