[Chorus: Joey Ramone] 53rd and 3rd, standing on the street 53rd and 3rd, I'm trying to turn a trick 53rd and 3rd, you're the one they never pick 53rd and 3rd, don't it make you feel sick?
[Verse: Joey Ramone] If you think you can, well, come on man I was a Green Beret in Vietnam I said, no more of your fairy stories 'Cause I got my other worries
[Chorus: Joey Ramone] 53rd and 3rd, standing on the street 53rd and 3rd, I'm trying to turn a trick 53rd and 3rd, you're the one they never pick 53rd and 3rd, don't it make you feel sick?
[Chorus: Joey Ramone] 53rd and 3rd, standing on the street 53rd and 3rd, I'm trying to turn a trick 53rd and 3rd, you're the one they never pick 53rd and 3rd, don't it make you feel sick?
[Outro: Joey Ramone] 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd 53rd and 3rd
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“53rd and 3rd” was written by Dee Dee Ramone. His drug habit led to him selling his body as a male, teenage prostitute. The song recalls his experience on the streets.
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