53rd and 3rd - New York
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briansnat
N 40° 45.459 W 073° 58.104
18T E 587076 N 4512366
Released in Feb. 1976, 53rd & 3rd, was the the second single by the seminal punk rock band The Ramones.
Waymark Code: WM3C8B
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2008
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Written by Dee Dee Ramone, 53rd and 3rd is speculated by some to be a semi-autobiographical song that recounts time he spent as a male hustler, trying to support his heroin habit.
When the song was written, 53rd and 3rd was far from the bustling business center it is today. In 1976 it was a seedy section of town
frequented by prostitutes and their customers.
53rd and 3rd
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 it 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