Escrita por Joey Ramone, foi gravada entre março e abril de 1981, em New York City e na Inglaterra, foi lançada em 20 de julho de 1981 no disco Pleasant dreams, o sexto disco da banda. Sairia também em compacto, com We want the airwaves como Lado A. Foi produzida por Graham Gouldman. O protagonista da canção canta que sua namorada foi raptada pela Ku Klux Klan quando estava indo pra Los Angeles pro feriado e pede que o ouvinte ligue pras autoridades pra saber onde ela está e se está viva. Na verdade ainda era resquício de Joey puto com Johnny por ter roubado sua namorada Linda e por Johnny ser racista porque Joey era judeu. Depois que isso aconteceu, Joey e Johnny nunca mais se falaram. Johnny Ramone no entanto, disse que essa era sua música favorita desse disco.
A letra:
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
At the president
And find
out
Where my baby went
Ring me, ring me, ring me
At the
fbi
And find out if
My baby's alive
Yeah, yeah, yeah
O-o-o-o-o-o
Yeah, yeah, yeah
O-o-o-o-o-o
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
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