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Aerosmith
Aerosmith


Background information
Origin Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genre(s) Rock'n'Roll
Heavy Metal
Blues Rock
Hard Rock
Years active 1970—present
Label(s) Columbia Records
Geffen Records
Associated acts The Joe Perry Project
The Strangeurs/Chain Reaction
Website Website
Members
Steven Tyler
Joe Perry
Brad Whitford
Tom Hamilton
Joey Kramer
Former members
Ray Tabano
Jimmy Crespo
Rick Dufay



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Aerosmith Album


Gems (1988)
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(Tyler, Perry)

Goin' under rats in the cellar
Goin' under skin's turnin' yellow
Nose is runny losin' my connection
Losin' money gettin' no affection

New York City blues
East side West side blues
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you can
Believe
That you're wearin'
Tearin' me apart

Safe complaining 'cause everything's rotten
Go insanin' and ain't a thing forgotten
Feelin' cozy Rats In The Cellar
Cheeks are rosy skin's turning yellow
Loose and soggy lookin' rather lazy
See my body pushin' up the daisies

New York City's ghouls
East side West side news
Throw me in the slam
A catch me if you can
Believe
That you're wearin'
Tearin' me apart

New York City blues
East side West side blues
Throw me in the slam
A catch me if you can
Believe
That you're wearin'

. . .


(Tyler, Perry)

Johnny come lately on a Saturday night
Singin' how de do
Backstreet a boogie in the house of delight
Where they steal the show
The money come sour but the ladies are sweet
It's a love affair
Whole place rockin' people stompin' their feet
A when the gang's all there

He gets his woman every night for free
He's out there rockin' like you wouldn't believe
I sing na na na na na
Na na na na na

Johnny like to gamble with his lady Louise
She was a black jack deuces are wild
He got to thinkin' 'bout his nose in the breeze
Put it there Johnny looked and he smiled
He started thinkin' 'bout the fortune and fame
With the young girls down at his knees
He dug the money but forgot all the names
So he knew just how to appease

Lick and a promise
Lick and a promise
Lick and a promise
He gave the ladies a
Lick and a promise

Lick and a promise
He gave the ladies a
Lick and a promise

Loose change grubber in his early,early years
Had his poor mama pacin' the floors
He grabbed a guitar and a couple a beers
Now the crowd keeps screamin' for more

He gets his woman every night for free
He's out there rockin' like you wouldn't believe

I sing na na na na na
Sing na na na na na

. . .


(Supa)

You act like a prima donna
Playin' so hard to get
Actin' so cool and nonchalant
Draggin' on a cigarette
You keep a wall all around ya
Well I'll get through some day
And I want your love
If push comes to shove
Gonna chip that wall away

Chip awaaay
Chip away at the stone
An' I won't stop till your love it my very own

Chip awaaay
That's what I'm gonna do
Sweet little mama, I wanna get next to you

You stand like a marble statue
Tryin' to look so hard
All decked out in your antique dress
While the boys all promenade

Even a rock will crumble
If you strike it night and day
If hammer I must
I'm gonna get through your crust
Gonna chip that stone away

Chip awaaay
Chip away at the stone
An' I won't stop till your love it my very own

Chip awaaay
That's what I'm gonna do
Sweet little mama, I wanna get next to you

Chip awaaay
Chip away at the stone
An' I won't stop till your love it my very own

Chip awaaay
That's what I'm gonna do
Sweet little mama, I wanna get next to you
Yes I do yes I do.

Chip away chip away at the stone
Chip away chip away at the stone

I won't stop, I won't stop
I won't stop, I won't stop
I won't stop, I won't stop

I won't stop, I won't stop
I won't stop, I won't stop
I won't stop, I won't stop

And chip it

. . .


(Tyler, Perry)

Ninteen seventy-one
We all heard the starter's gun
New York was such a pity
But at Max's Kansas City, we won

We all shot the shit at the bar
With Johnny O' Toole and his scar
And then old Clive Davis said
He's surely gonna make us a star
I'm gonna make you a star
Just the way you are

But with all his style
I could see in his eyes
That we is goin' on trial
And it was no surprize

The boys kept kickin' ass
As usual time would tell
But some bitch in the choir
Throw water on the fires of hell
She loved to show and tell
Lord, she loved to tell

But with all our style
You could see in our eyes
That we is still on trial
And it was no surprize
No surprize
No surprize
No surprize

Midnight lady
Situation fetal
Vaccinate your ass with your phonograph needle

I say looky here
Friend of mine
You scratch like you need calamine
Flamingo boots, soles a creakin'
Still in love and Puerto Rican too

Ridin' on wheels of hell
Smokin' our axle grease
Oh, the backstage is rockin'
And we're coppin' from the local police
That's right, the local police
Or the juctice of peace

But with all our style
You could see in our eyes
That we was still on trial
Baby, it's no surprize
No surprize
No surprize
No surprize

Rock n' roll, junkie whore
Got my foot inside the door
Knock knock, knock knock, knock
Nobody's keepin' score

Bad times go away
Come again some other day
Topaz and sassafraz
Will keep the blues away

Candy store, rock n' roll
Corporation jellyroll
Play the singles, it ain't me
It's programmed insanity

You ASCAP, if BMI
Could ever make a mountain fly
If Japanese can boil teas

. . .


(Tyler)

It ain't easy livin' like a gypsy
Tell ya honey how I feel
I've been dreaming floatin' down stream
And losin' touch with all that is real

Whole earth lover keepin' under cover
Never knowin' where ya been
You've been fadin' always out paradin'
Keepin' touch with Mama Kin

Well you've always got your tail on the wag
Shootin' fire from your mouth just like a dragon
You act like a perpetual drag
You better check it out or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon

It ain't easy livin' like ya wanna
It's so hard to find piece of mind- Yes it is
The way I see it you've got to say shit
But don't forget to drop me a line

Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen
And workin' for your dad is just a drag
He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams
You better check it out or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon

Keep in touch with Mama Kin
Tell her where you've gone and been
Livin' out your fantasy
Sleeping late and smoking tea

Keep in touch with Mama Kin
Tell her where you've gone and been
Livin' out your fantasy
Sleeping late and smoking tea

It ain't easy livin' like ya wanna
It's so hard to find piece of mind -Yes honey
The way I see it you've got to say shit
But don't forget to drop me a line

Said you're as bald as an egg at eighteen
And workin' for your dad is just a drag
He still stuffs your mouth with your dreams
You better check it out or someday soon you'll have to climb back on the wagon

Keep in touch with Mama Kin
Tell her where you've gone and been
Livin' out your fantasy
Sleeping late and smoking tea

Keep in touch with Mama Kin
Tell her where you've gone and been
Livin' out your fantasy

. . .


(Tyler)

Back when Cain was able
Way before the stable
Lightnin' struck right down from the sky
A mother ship with fate said let's give it a try

Conscience was related
Man it was created
Lady Luck took him by surprise
Her sweet and bitter fruit
It surely opened his eyes

Well she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Well she ate it
Never knowin' wrong from right right right ri-ight

Even Eve in Eden
Voices tried deceivin'
With lies that showed the lady the way
At first she stopped and turned
And tried to walk away

Man he was believer
Lady was deceiver
SO the story, but you see
The snake was he
And she just climbed right up his tree

So she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Well she ate it
Never knowin wrong from right right right ri-ight

Conscience was related
Man it was created
Lady Luck took him by surprise
Her sweet and bitter fruit
It surely opened his eyes

whoo whoo

Evil cam like rainin'
Who knows who to blame an'
Somethin' tried to lay her to waste
And all she needed was just a little taste

Well she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Yeah she ate it
Never knowin wrong from right right right ri-ight

Well she ate it
Lordy it was love at first bite
Yeah she ate it
Never knowin' wrong from right, right, right

. . .


(Tyler, Whitford)

Lord I must be dreamin
What else could this be
Everybody's screamin'
Runnin' for the sea

Holy lands are sinkin'
Birds take to the sky
The prophets are all stinking drunk
I know the reason why

Eyes are full of desire
Mind is so ill at ease
Everything is on fire
Shit piled up to the knees

Out of rhyme or reason
Everyone's to blame
Children of the season
Don't be lame

Sorry we're so sorry
Don't be sorry
Man has known
And now he's blown it
Upside down and hell's the only sound
We did an awful job
And now they say it's nobody's fault

Old St. Andres
Seven years ago
Shove it up their richters
Red lines stop and go
Noblemen of courage
Listen with their ears
Spoke but how discouragin
When no one really hears

One of these day's a you'll be sorry
Too many houses on the stilt
Three million years or just a story
Four on the floor up to the hilt

Out of rhyme or reason
Everyone's to blame
Children of the season
Don't be lame

Sorry we're so sorry
Don't be sorry
Man has known
And now he's blown it
Upside down and hell's the only sound
We did an awful job
And now we're just a little too late

Eyes are full of desire
Mind is so ill at ease
Everything is on fire
A shit piled up in debris

California showtime
Five o'clock's the news
Everybody's concubine
Was prone to take a snooze

Sorry we're so sorry
Don't be sorry
Man has known
And now he's blown it
Upside down and hell's the only sound
We did an aweful job

. . .


(Tyler, Whitford)

If you believe in me like I believe in you
You wouldn't be tellin' me things that weren't exactly true
Now everything changes ain't nothin' the same
I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' baby I can't remember my name
Cause the life I been livin' and the love I been givin'
Would be sure to set you spinnin' but you ain't never touchin' ground
And I'm round and round

Well it was one for all and it was all for one
And everything that we did never bothered no one
Now everythin' changes ain't nothin' the same
I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' baby I can't remember my name
Cause the life I been livin' and the love someone give me
Would be sure to set you spinnin' but you ain't never touchin' ground
And I'm round and round and round and round and round and round and round

Can you remember the days when you were sweet sixteen
And always caught in the blaze of someone else's dreams
Now everythin' changes ain't nothin' the same
I'm gettin' the strangest feelin' baby I can't remember my name
I'm goin' round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round and round
And round

Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and
Round and round and

. . .


(Tyler, Hamilton, Douglas)

Arriving in boats
Black hooded coats
Tormentors climbed into my room

I crawled under my bed
Covered my head
But they're flushin' me out with a broom

The leader, she's small
Pinned my ass to the wall
For my seeds or she'd be losin' her past

Time after time
She'd be readin' my mind
But she never got the feelin' to last

Celebrate, celebrate, celebraid it
This is the critical mass

So far so good
I heard the other say

So good so far
They're takin' me away

I drink to you
Your mind, her ass

We'll take a drink And break the glass

Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
This is the critical mass

Now the tallest of two
With a brush full of blue
Paints surrealist scenes on the wall

So I tell her for fun
That it's really well done
But she just ain't listenin' at all

She points to my heart
Tellin' me if I'm smart
I'll practice and phase

Out and admit
When the shoe doesn't fit
And I went screaming out down the hall

Really need it
Really need your love
Really need your love
Need your love love love

Just then I heard a poundin' on the door
We're all here, sang the voice of twenty more

I drink to you alas
We'll take a drink and break the glass

Celebrate, celebrate, celebreak it
We are the critical mass

Time and space
Is takin' me away

Time erase
Don't know the time of day

Time and space
Is takin' me away

Time erase
Don't know the time of day

Time and space
Is takin' me away

Time erase

. . .


(Tyler)

Down to who knows who just to socialize
I'm waiting for my girls when you caught my eyes
You got no way to make a man
Honey you got to understand
I'm your man child
Lord of the thighs

Well well lordy my God what do we got here
She's flashin' 'cross the floor
Make it perfectly clear
You're the bait and you're the hook
Someone 'bound to take a look
I'm your man child lord of the thighs

You must have come here to find it
You've got the look in your eyes
Although you really don't mind it
I am the lord of your thighs

You must have come here to find it baby
You've got the look in your eyes
Although you really don't mind it

. . .


(Tyler, Crespo)

Take me, take me
Take me outside and maybe
Baby, take me
Take me, take me, take me...

Take it or leave it on a Saturday night
If what you see is what you get then gimmie me a bite
Here are lots of ladies, they is real insecure
Leave it to the boys and the fool on the hill


Hello baby, yeah it's me
Don't be no judge, no third degree oh jailbait
Play the fool and you play the pawn
Wake up babe, out the door gone, jailbait

I believe in someone talkin'
Can't let go you got a hold oh jailbait
What it is, but you believe
In what you got, got up your sleeve oh jailbait

Oooh, j-j-j-jailbait
Oooh, j-j-j-jailbait
j-j-j-j-jailbait

Take it, leave it, roll the dice
She's hot as hell, I'm cold as ice oh jailbait
Tell your daddy how you do me
Put the woodshed, do it to me jailbait
Whatcha see in daddy's eyes
Check the voice, no surprise, oh jailbait


Oooh, j-j-j-jailbait
j-j-j-jailbait
j-j-j-jailbait
j-j-j-jailbait
j-j-j-jailbait

Do me, do you, tell me, would you, see in, me too
Do me, do you

I ain't complainin' bitch's brew
Girl's a lover, never knew she's jailbait
Steeplechase, cold the sweat

. . .


(T. Bradshaw, L. Mann, H. Kay)

Well on a train I met a dame
She rather handsome we kinda looked the same
She was pretty from New York City
I'm walkin' down that old fair lane
I'm in heat I'm in love
But I just couldn't tell her so

I said train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
With a heave and a ho
But I just couldn't tell her so no no no

Well get along
Sweet little woman get along
On your way get along
Sweet little woman get along
On your way
I'm in heat I'm in love
But I just couldn't tell her so no no no

Well on a train I met a dame
She rather handsome we kinda looked the same
She was pretty from New York City
I'm walkin' down that old fair lane
I'm in heat I'm in love
But I just couldn't tell her so

I said train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
With a heave and a ho
But I just couldn't tell her

Well get along
Sweet little woman get along
On your way get along
Sweet little woman get along
On your way
I'm in heat I'm in love
But I just couldn't tell her

Well we made a stop in Albequerque
She must'a thought I was a real cool jerk
Got off the train and put her hands up
Lookin' so good child I couldn't let her go
But I just couldn't tell her so

I said train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
Train kept a rollin' all night long
I'm in heat I'm in love

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