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We’re A Happy Family

Ramones
Track 16 on Ramones Mania 

Producer

Ramones
One of the Ramones' most ironic songs, it turns the concept of a happy family on its head, by covering social isolation, closeted homosexuality, drug use, and more.
Nov. 4, 19771 viewer15.4K views

We’re A Happy Family Lyrics

[Chorus 1]
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy

[Chorus 2]
Sitting here in Queens
Eating re-fried beans
We're in all the magazines
Gulpin' down Thorazines
We ain't got no friends
Our troubles never end
No Christmas cards to send
Daddy likes men

[Verse]
Daddy's telling lies
Baby's eating flies
Mommy's on pills
Baby's got the chills
I'm friends with the president
I'm friends with the pope
We're all making a fortune
Selling Daddy's dope

[Chorus 2]
Sitting here in Queens
Eating re-fried beans
We're in all the magazines
Gulpin' down Thorazines
We ain't got no friends
Our troubles never end
No Christmas cards to send
Daddy likes men

[Chorus 1]
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
We're a happy family
Me, Mom and Daddy

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One of the Ramones' most ironic songs, it turns the concept of a happy family on its head, by covering social isolation, closeted homosexuality, drug use, and more.

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Credits
Producer
Writer
Label
Drums
Guitar
Bass
Background Vocals
Lead Vocals
Released on
November 4, 1977
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