Twenty twenty twenty four hours to go/
I wanna be sedated.
The Ramones wrote “I Want To Be Sedated” about their touring schedule. It was twenty-four hours until their next show and they are stuck in a hotel room with nothing to do. What better to do than get high? Their job was notably more glamorous than most peoples but perhaps many people can relate to the everyday boredom of one’s job that The Ramones are talking about. (Though, as they describe in the song, they are jet-setting and performing massive concerts, but hey, our life is kinda similar).
Humor in music is very hit or miss. This song is genuinely funny and feel-good. I love the line “Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show”. “I Want to be Sedated” is classic, lite-punk rock at its finest. This line works.
I Wanna Be Sedated Lyrics
20, 20, 20, 4, hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go, 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 oh-oh oh-oh
20, 20, 20, 4, hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh
I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair, get 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 oh-oh oh-oh
20, 20, 20, 4, hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh
I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair and get me to the show
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go loco
I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my toes
Oh no oh-oh oh-oh
20, 20, 20, 4, hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do, nowhere to go, oh
I wanna be sedated
Just put me in a wheelchair, get me to the show
Hurry, hurry, hurry, before I go loco
I can’t control my fingers, I can’t control my toes
Oh no oh-oh oh-oh
Bam-bam-bambam bambam-bam-bambam, I wanna be sedated
Bam-bam-bambam bambam-bam-bambam, I wanna be sedated
Bam-bam-bambam bambam-bam-bambam, I wanna be sedated
Bam-bam-bambam bambam-bam-bambam, I wanna be sedated
Songwriters: John Johnny Ramone Cummings / Douglas Dee Dee Ramone Colvin / Jeffrey Joey Ramone Hyman