The KKK Took My Baby Away

Album: Pleasant Dreams (1981)
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  • She went away for the holidays
    Said she's going to L.A.
    But she never got there
    She never got there
    She never got there, they say

    She went away for the holidays
    Said she's going to L.A.
    But she never got there
    She never got there
    She never got there, they say

    The KKK took my baby away
    They took her away
    Away from me
    The KKK took my baby away
    They took her away
    Away from me

    Hey ho
    Hey ho

    I don't know where my baby can be
    They took her from me
    They took her from me
    I don't know where my baby can be
    They took her from me
    They took her from me

    Ring me, ring me ring me up
    The President
    Find out where my baby went
    Ring me, ring me, ring me up
    The FBI
    And find out if my baby's alive
    Yeah, yeah, yeah

    oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
    oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

    She went away for the holidays
    Said she's going to L.A.
    But she never got there
    She never got there
    She never got there, they say

    She went away for the holidays
    Said she's going to L.A.
    But she never got there
    She never got there
    She never got there, they say

    The KKK took my baby away
    They took her away
    Away from me
    The KKK took my baby away
    They took her away
    Away from me

    The KKK took my baby away
    They took her away
    Away from me
    The KKK took my baby away
    They took my girl
    They took my baby away Writer/s: Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Comments: 8

  • Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganSooooooo...I just googled "Marilyn Manson racist"...Hooo boy! My bad. Yeah, it MIGHT help if I did my research before posting and putting my idols on a pedestal. So "all apologies" as Mr. Cobain would say. I hope I didn't lose too much credibility, and maybe you dudes can learn from my errors. I know I will. Rock Hard and Ride Free, my friends!
  • Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganWTF dude, Marilyn Manson's not racist, bro! Where the H do you get your info? Just because he says the "N" word in Irresponsible Hate Anthem, I mean, I personally wouldn't use it me being white and all, but he was using it to symbolize the fact that everyone looks down on someone else, or no one is immune to the hate of at least one person, "Everybody's someone else's N----r. I know you are, so am I." And "Rock N' Roll N----r" wasn't even written by him, it was a Patti Smith song where she uses the word to convey a rebellious spirit who doesn't conform to society's standards.

    So, uh, anyway, great song. Much love to Jeffery "Joey Ramone" Hymann and Brian "Marilyn Manson" Warner.
  • JoshMarylin Manson being racist yet covering this has a lot of irony to it
  • Daniel from Toronto, On@V-Starr - lol. You thought wrong. It was by the Ramones.
  • V-starr from ??????, MiI thought The Misfits sang this song
  • Bianca Sanchez from Alburquerque, NmWhen i first song I thought it said "the gay gay gay took my baby away." but then i heard it right! haha
  • Dave from San Antonio, TxI still do not know how Joey could even look at this guy(Johnny) much less tour with him for another 2 decades!! Tougher than he looks i guess COOL SONG came out of thou!
  • Markus from Leipzig, GermanyThis was also covered by German punk rock band Die Ärzte. Their version is with completely German lyrics and is titled "Die Wikingjugend hat mein Mädchen entführt". (The mentioned "Wikinmgjugend" ("Viking youth") was a German youth organisation modeled after the infamous Hitler youth from the Third Reich; it was banned in the early Nineties in Germany.)
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