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LES RAMONES - Brain Drain


 
BRAIN DRAIN


 
Sorti en 1989
Produit par Bill Laswell
Chrysalys Records
 
 
 
Joey Ramone - Chant
Johnny Ramone - Guitare
Dee Dee Ramone - Basse + chant
Marky Ramone - Batterie
 
 
 
EN DEUX MOTS


Après trois albums de punk radical, les Ramones, qui fêtent ici le retour de leur batteur Marky, reviennent ici dans des eaux, certes moins troubles, mais qui manquent cruellement de titres originaux et accrocheurs, exceptions faites de Palisades Park et de Pet Semetary, qui ne réussiront malgré tout pas à nous faire oublier que ce Brain Drain restera un album de transition dans la productive carrière discographique des new-yorkais.
 
PAROLES
I believe in miracles

I used to be on an endless run
Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one
I have been blessed with the power to survive
After all these years I'm still alive
I'm out here kickin' with the band
I am no longer a solitary man
Every day my time runs out
Lived like a fool, that's what I was about

Oh, I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you
Oh, I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you

Tattooed your name on my arm
I always said my girl's my good-luck charm
If she can find a reason to forgive
Then I can find a reason to live
I used to be on an endless run
Believe in miracles 'cause I'm one
I have been blessed with the power to survive
After all these years I'm still alive

Oh, I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you
Oh, I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you

I close my eyes and think how it might be
The future's here today, it's not too late
It's not too late, oh-oh

I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you
Oh, I believe in miracles
I believe in a better world for me and you


Zero Zero UFO

It landed in a field in Idaho
Where it came from, I don't know
It did not look like it came from Japan
And out of the dark walked a strange man
If you think it's a pack of lies
I saw it happen with my own eyes
A million miles from the milky way
A hundred years, a month and a day

Zero Zero UFO
Zero Zero UFO

When media writes, the neon lights
Spaceships travel at the speed of light
A million stars in the sky
I here the Queen on the alien's side
If you think it's a pack of lies
I saw it happen with my own eyes
A million miles from the milky way
A hundred years, a month and a day

Zero Zero UFO
Zero Zero UFO

Zero Zero UFO
Zero Zero UFO
Zero Zero UFO
Zero Zero UFO


Don't bust my chops

I'm sick and tired of you calling my names
I'm sick and tired of your childish games
I'm sick and tired of your bullshit brats
Cocaine stupor and anxiety attacks
Picked up a magazine, I see your face
You're nothin' but a goddamn waste
With the lamest fashion on your back
You're never happy, a hypochondriac

Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops

You're a stylish queen and an alley cat
Too many chocolates, getting fat fat fat
You're a pain in the ass, and your on the loose
All I get from you is your bad attitude
Dirty mouth, it's all I can bear
Get outta here bitch, 'cause you're nowhere
Always wearin' that cheap perfume
I can always tell when you're in the room

Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops

Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops
Baby, don't bust my chops
Don't bust my chops
Yeah, don't bust my chops


Punishment fits the crime

I hear the bells of freedom chiming
And inside my heart I feel I'm dying
Wise guys never compromise
Then they loose their rights and they act surprised
Jail really cuts ya down to size

Let the punishment fit the crime
The footprints on the sand of time
The philosophy of warish crime
Make a man humble in his prime

You can go up, down, or sideways
Be on death row, counting your days
They say the answers are blowin' in the wind
And to take yourself out would really be a sin
You just have to cope and start over again

Let the punishment fit the crime
The footprints on the sand of time
The philosophy of warish crime
Make a man humble in his prime

Little child cries in his sleep
And life makes promises it can't keep
And then you feel you had, had enough
You realize somehow, someway
Your destiny was planned from the very first day

Let the punishment fit the crime
The footprints on the sand of time
The philosophy of warish crime
Make a man humble in his prime

Let the punishment fit the crime
The footprints on the sand of time
The philosophy of warish crime
Make a man humble in his prime

Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime
Let the punishment fit the crime


All screwed up

Without you baby's like a suicide
I need you baby, that I just can't hide
I miss you honey when it's cold outside

I miss your body, baby, next to mine
Ooh ooh, baby, yeah we sure felt fine
I miss you honey

I said baby, baby I'm all screwed up
I miss your body and I need your love
I miss you honey when it's cold outside

Baby, baby I'm all screwed up
I miss your body and I need your love
I miss you honey when it's cold outside

I said baby, baby
Baby, baby
Oh-uh-oh
Baby, baby

Baby, baby
Oh, oh-uh-oh
baby, baby
Oh-uh-oh
Baby, baby
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

Without you baby's like a suicide
I miss you baby, that I just can't hide
I want you baby when it's cold outside

I miss your body, baby, next to mine
Ooh ooh, baby, yeah we sure felt fine
I want you baby

I said baby, baby
Baby, baby
Oh-uh-oh
Baby, baby

Baby, baby
Oh, oh-uh-oh
Baby, baby
Oh-uh-oh
Baby, baby

Baby, baby, baby can't you see
You don't know what you're doin' to me
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

I need you baby, baby can't you see
You don't know what you're doin' to me
Oh oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh oh oh

I love the music business but it makes me sick
Everybody's beautiful and full of it
Ooh, I love the way that you shake your hips
Oh yeah

I miss your body, baby, next to mine
Ooh ooh, baby, yeah we sure felt fine
I miss you baby
Oh yeah


Palisades Park

Last night I took a walk in the dark
To a place called Palisades Park
To have some fun, to see what I could see
That's where the girls are

I took a ride on the Shoopty Shoop
The girl I sat with almost, almost puked
And when it stopped, she was holding hands with me

My arms were flying up, like a rocket ship
Down, like a roller coaster
Fast, like a Loopty Loop
Then around, like a merry-go-round

We even ate at a hot dog stand
Slam danced to a rockin' band
And when she winked, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love

You'll never know how good it just can feel
'Til it stops at the top of the Ferris Wheel
I fell in love, down at Palisades Park

Last night I took a walk in the dark
To a place called Palisades Park
To have some fun, to see what I could see
That's where the girls are

I took a ride on the Shoopty Shoop
The girl I sat with almost, almost puked
And when it stopped, she was holding hands with me

My arms were flying up, like a rocket ship
Down, like a roller coaster
Fast, like a Loopty Loop
Then around, like a merry-go-round

We even ate at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when she winked, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love

You'll never know how good it just can feel
'Til it stops at the top of the Ferris Wheel
I fell in love, down at Palisades Park


Pet Semetary

Under the arc of a weather stain boards,
Ancient goblins, and warlords,
Come out of the ground, not making a sound,
The smell of death is all around,
And the night when the cold wind blows,
No one cares, nobody knows.

I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again,
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.

Follow Victor to the sacred place,
This ain't a dream, I can't escape,
Molars and fangs, the clicking of bones,
Spirits moaning among the tombstones,
And the night, when the moon is bright,
Someone cries, something ain't right.

I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again,
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again.

The moon is full, the air is still,
All of a sudden I feel a chill,
Victor is grinning, flesh rotting away,
Skeletons dance, I curse this day,
And the night when the wolves cry out,
Listen close and you can hear me shout.

I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again,
I don't want to be buried in a Pet Sematary,
I don't want to live my life again, oh no, oh no
I don't want to live my life again, oh no, oh oh,
I don't want to live my life again, oh no no no
I don't want to live my life again, oh oh.


Learn to listen

You gotta learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned
Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned

You gotta have fun, not a fix in the arm
You gotta stay out of deep water
Happiness is something you've gotta earn
You gotta fight to make your love into returns

Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned
Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned

You got the rights and there's always a temptation
This one more screwed up the nation
Gotta have a plan, gotta learn to listen
Gotta take a stab, you have my blessing
Alright

You gotta take the cotton out of your ears
You gotta start hanging on to all your affairs
I've lived your life for so many years
All I got was self pity and tears

Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned
Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned
Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned
Learn to listen, listen to learn
You gotta learn to listen, before you get burned


Can't get you outta my mind

I can't get you outta my mind, oh no no
I can't get you outta my mind, oh no no

I can't get you outta my mind
I can't get you outta my mind
Oh no no, oh no no no, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

You said everything would be fine, oh no no
You said everything would be fine, oh no no no no

I can't get you outta my mind
I can't get you outta my mind
Oh no no

Well I tried and I tried and I tried
I can't get you out oh, no no no
And I tried and I tried and I tried
Can't get you out, outta my mind

And I tried and I tried and I tried
I can't get you out, oh no no no no
And I tried and I tried and I tried
Can't get you out, outta my mind

Outta my mind

You said everything would be fine, oh no no
You said everything would be fine, oh no no no no

I can't get you outta my mind
I can't get you outta my mind


Ignorance is bliss

Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true
Ignorance is bliss, just look at you
Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true
Ignorance is bliss, just look at you

Is it goin' anywhere?
Is it goin' anywhere?

Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true
Ignorance is bliss, just look at you
Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true
Ignorance is bliss, just look at you

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!

What's happening to our society?
Disintegration of humanity
Destruction of the environment
Cram that cop donation in your ass

Is it goin' anywhere?
Is it goin' anywhere?

Ignorance is goin' out of here
Politicians to confuse you
What's good for them, now it ain't good for you
But there ain't nothing that you can do

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!

Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true
Ignorance is bliss, just look at you

Ignorance is bliss, ya know it's true
Ignorance is bliss, just look at you

I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!
I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, yeah!


Come back, baby

Well life's a drag without you
I found out a little bit too late
Oh yes, I did now

Yeah, I want you and all of your time
I found out a little bit too late
Oh yes, I did now

Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back into my arms

Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
You gotta come back, baby, come back
Come back into my arms

Well I want you in my arms
I found out a little bit too late
Oh yes, I did now

Yeah, I want you and all of your time
I found out a little bit too late
Oh yes, I did now

Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
You gotta come back, baby, come back
Come back into my arms

Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
You gotta come back, baby, come back
Come back into my arms

Yeah, I want you to kiss goodnight
You gotta come back
Well, I want you to hold me tight
Come back, yeah
You gotta come back

Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
You gotta come back, baby, come back
Come back into my arms

Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back into my arms

Oh, come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Oh, come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back
Come back, baby, come back...


Merry Christmas (I don't wanna fight tonight)

Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight
Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight
Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight with you

Where is Santa and his sleigh?
And tell me why is it always this way?
Where is Rudolph, where is Blitzen, baby?
Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas

All the children are tucked in their beds
Sugar plum fairies dancing in their heads
Snowball fightin'
So excitin', baby

I love you and you love me
And that's the way it's got to be
I loved you from the start
'Cause Christmas ain't the time for breaking each other's heart

Where is Santa and his sleigh?
And tell me why is it always this way?
Where is Rudolph, where is Blitzen, baby?
Merry Christmas, merry merry merry Christmas

All the children are tucked in their beds
Sugar plum fairies dancing in their heads
Snowball fightin'
So excitin', baby

Ah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I love you and you love me
And that's the way it's got to be
I loved you from the start
'Cause Christmas ain't the time for breaking each other's heart

Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight
Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight
Merry Christmas, I don't want to fight tonight with you