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Heartbreak Beat (Joey Ramone No. 2)

Wrap the night around me
spike the midnight veins deep inside
this is me at my very worst
so wrap the night around me now
fight for the midnight trains, little busy bee
and I was climbing Everest to get back on my feet
hazily, drunkenly swimming through this heat
to find the cure for alone
New York, New York you cut me to the bone
oh, oh,
tonight I'm feelin' like Joey Ramone

And there is a heartbreak beat
that can only be heard
when you're feeling incomplete
and a sad siren bird
for when you're broken, in defeat
and oh that heartbreak beat
I play those three chords to feel complete
to find a world of my own
oh, oh,
tonight I feel just like Joey Ramone

Wring the doubt out of me
waltz with me to the edge of a knife
trip and fall, cut me open
this is me dangling on the end
so wring the doubt out of me now
fire your jets, warmth to my December life
and I was raining fiercely on your rusty fire escape
my true blue feelings expressed through mixtape
to find the song for alone
punk rock, punk rock, in all your rattle and moan
hey hey,
tonight I'm feelin' like Joey Ramone

Tonight
love like a hangover, waking up on a midnight flight
crashing in my brain
poisoning my heart
it must be the masochist in me
that needs it time and time again
that needs to be taken apart
and put back together again
time and time again
tonight
counting change and searching for a payphone
endangered species out there in the friendzone
and I feel
yeah I feel
oh I feel just like Joey Ramone
tonight

So
wrap the night around me
spike the midnight veins deep inside
flame dancers, cherry burst
this is me, destiny a curse
so wrap the night around me now
fight for the midnight trains, little funky flea
and I was climbing Everest to get back on my feet
hazily, drunkenly swimming through this heat
to find the cure for alone
New York, New York you cut me to the bone
oh, oh,
tonight I'm feelin' like Joey Ramone
hey hey
tonight I'm strung out like Dee Dee Ramone
short on change, clinging to a payphone
and I feel
yeah I feel
oh I feel just like Joey Ramone
so here's the deal...

Play me out with a heartbreak beat
that can only be heard
when you need to feel complete
and I was raining fiercely on your rusty fire escape
my true blue feelings expressed via mixtape
to find the song for alone
and a little world I could call my own
New York, New York you cut me to the bone
hey baby,
tonight I'm feelin' like Joey Ramone
so throw me a bone
will ya?

"He turns his money into light to look for her" - U2, 'Lemon'

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