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Aerosmith lyrics - Album: Get a Grip [1993]
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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 744" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Eat The Rich</strong></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance)</p><p></p><p>Well I woke up this morning</p><p>On the wrong side of the bad</p><p>And how I got to thinkin'</p><p>About all those things you said</p><p>About ordinary people</p><p>And how they make you sick</p><p>And if callin' names kicks back on you</p><p>Then I hope this does the trick</p><p></p><p>'Cause I'm sick of your complainin'</p><p>About how many bills</p><p>And I'm sick of all your bitchin'</p><p>'Bout your poodles and your pills</p><p>And I just can't see no humor</p><p>About your way of life</p><p>And I think I can do more for you</p><p>With this here fork and knife</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>there's only one thing that they're good for</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>take one bite now-come back for more</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>I gotta get this off my chest</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>take one bite now, spit out the rest</p><p></p><p>So I called up my head shrinker</p><p>And I told him what I'd done</p><p>He said you'd best go on a diet</p><p>Yeah I hope you have some fun</p><p>And a don't go burst a bubble</p><p>On rich folks who get rude</p><p>'Cause you wan't get in no trouble</p><p>When you eats that kinda food</p><p>How they're smokin' up their jung bonds</p><p>And then they go get stiff</p><p>And they're dancin' at the yacht club</p><p>With Muff and Uncle Biff</p><p>But there's one good thing that happens</p><p>When you toss your pearls to swine</p><p>Their attitudes may taste like shit</p><p>But go real good with wine</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>Believe in all the good things</p><p>That money just can't bye</p><p>Then you won't get no bellyache</p><p>From eatin' humble pie</p><p>I believe in rags to riches</p><p>Your inheritance won't last</p><p>So take your Gray Poupon my friend</p><p>And shove it up your ass!</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>there's only one thing that they're good for</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>take one bite now-come back for more</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>don't stop me now I'm goin' crazy</p><p>Eat the Rich:</p><p>that's my idea of a good time baby</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Almo Music Corp./ Testatume Music ASCAP</p><p><strong>Get A Grip</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance)</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>Got to get a grip</p><p>Skin and bones it ain't such a pity</p><p>If you think I'm vain, better shut ya lip</p><p>I can't explain how to be fat city</p><p>You gotta live large, gotta let it rip</p><p></p><p>Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity</p><p>Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip</p><p>Ya gotta have stones if you're living</p><p>in the city</p><p>If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip rip</p><p></p><p>Once upon a crime I thougt I was cool</p><p>but I don't want to brag</p><p>Once I crossed the line I think I musta</p><p>zigged when I shoulda zagged</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>Same old same old every day if things</p><p>don't change you're just gonna rot</p><p>'Cause if you do what you've always done</p><p>you'll always get what you always got</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity</p><p>Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip</p><p>Ya gotta have stones if you're living</p><p>in the city</p><p>If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip</p><p></p><p>Who knows for sure yeah without a doubt</p><p>What goes on when the lights go out</p><p>Or who pulls in when I pull out</p><p>And what is a one-eyed trouser trout?</p><p></p><p>I was so shortsighted</p><p>Now the wrong been righted</p><p>I feel so delighted</p><p>I get so excited</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity</p><p>Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip</p><p>Ya gotta have stones if you're living</p><p>in the city</p><p>If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip rip</p><p></p><p>Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity</p><p>Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip</p><p>Ya gotta have stones if you're living</p><p>in the city</p><p>If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip</p><p></p><p>You wanna get high in a New York minute</p><p>Choke that smoke, honey crack the whip</p><p>Your head gets dead</p><p>As long as you're in it</p><p>You wanna hang loose, gotta get a grip</p><p></p><p>Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity</p><p>Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip</p><p>Ya gotta have stones if you're living</p><p>in the city</p><p>If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Almo Music Corp./ Testatume Music ASCAP</p><p><strong>Fever</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry)</p><p></p><p>I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my</p><p>brand new shoes</p><p>I got a Margarita nose and a breath full</p><p>of Mad Dog Booze</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>I got the fever, fever, fever, fever</p><p></p><p>Yeah, they threw me outta jail I tell ya</p><p>it ain't fair</p><p>I tried to kiss the judge from</p><p>the electrica' chair</p><p>Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not</p><p>all there tonight...</p><p></p><p>The guitar's cranked and the bass man's</p><p>blown a fuse</p><p>And when the whole gang bands tell me</p><p>then what's your excuse?</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>Fever gives ya lust with an appetite</p><p>It hits ya like the fangs from a</p><p>rattesnake bite</p><p>We're all here 'cause we're not</p><p>all there tonight</p><p></p><p>We can't run away from trouble</p><p>There ain't no place that far</p><p>But if we do it right at the speed of light</p><p>There's the back seat of my car, cavear</p><p></p><p>I was feelin' so high I forgot what day</p><p>Now I'm feelin' low down even slow</p><p>Seems way too fast</p><p>And now the booze don't work</p><p>'Cause the drugs ran out of gas</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>The buzz that you be gettin' from the</p><p>Crack don't last</p><p>I'd rather be O.D.in' on the</p><p>Crack of her ass</p><p>Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not</p><p>All there tonight</p><p></p><p>My first time ever lover</p><p>We fell asleep out on the lawn</p><p>And when I woke up I was all alone</p><p>Makin' love to the Crack of Dawn</p><p>So yo, I beg yo pardon sir,</p><p>The gangster of love rides again</p><p></p><p>You know I gotta chill</p><p>It gimme such a thrill</p><p>Like a burnin' plague</p><p>Yeah get outta my way</p><p></p><p>Fever may be Hell and a cross to bear</p><p>As long as I'm in heaven honey I don't care</p><p>You look so good baby look so fine</p><p>I tell you you're the image of the perfect crime</p><p>You get so tired holdin' on so tight</p><p>If you think you're goin' crazy</p><p>Well you may be right</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not</p><p>All there that's right</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc. ASCAP</p><p><strong>Livin' On The Edge</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson)</p><p></p><p>There's somethin' wrong with the world today</p><p>I don't know what it is</p><p>Something's wrong with our eyes</p><p></p><p>We're seeing things in a different way</p><p>And God knows it ain't His</p><p>It sure ain't no surprise</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>We're livin' on the edge</p><p></p><p>There's somethin' wrong with the world today</p><p>The light bulb's gettin' dim</p><p>There's meltdown in the sky</p><p></p><p>If you can judge a wise man</p><p>By the color of his skin</p><p>Then mister you're a better man than I</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>We're livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself from fallin'</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself at all</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't stop yourself from fallin'</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p></p><p>Tell me what you think about your</p><p>sit-u-a-tion</p><p>Complication-aggravation</p><p>Is getting to you</p><p></p><p>If chicken little talls you that the sky is fallin'</p><p>Even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin'</p><p>Back again?</p><p>I bet you would my friend</p><p>Again 8 again 8 again 8 again</p><p></p><p>Tell me what you think about your</p><p>sit-u-a-tion</p><p>Complication-aggravation</p><p>Is getting to you</p><p></p><p>If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'</p><p>Even if it wasn't would you still came crawlin'</p><p>Back again?</p><p>I bet you would my friend</p><p>Again 8 again 8 again 8 again</p><p></p><p>Something right with the world today</p><p>And everybody knows it's wrong</p><p>But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go</p><p>But I would rather be a hanging on</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself from fallin'</p><p>You can't help yourself at all</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself from fallin'</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself</p><p>You can't help yourself</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself at all</p><p>You can't help yourself</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p>You can't help yourself from fallin'</p><p>Livin' on the edge</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ MCA Music Publishing, a division of</p><p>MCA Inc./ Beef Puppet Music ASCAP</p><p><strong>Flesh</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child)</p><p></p><p>The day rolls in, the night roll out</p><p>Desire rules without a doubt</p><p>The heart beats fast, you salivate</p><p>And when you come it won't be late</p><p>I guess by now you got the score</p><p>A little taste you want it more</p><p>From San Antone to Marrakesh</p><p>Yeah when the night comes</p><p>Everybody gotta have FLESH</p><p>You got me all soakin' wet</p><p>FLESH-the only thing that's worth the sweat</p><p>From the day that Eve did Adam</p><p>Down to Romeo and Juliet</p><p>Everybody gotta have...</p><p></p><p>The prince of lust has met his match</p><p>The witch has brewed her baddest batch</p><p>His sword is sharp and hard as stone</p><p>Her cauldron begs for one more bone</p><p>And so my love, this story's told</p><p>From modern times to day of old</p><p>From Boston, Mass to Bangladesh</p><p>Yeah, when the night comes</p><p>Everybody gotta have FLESH</p><p></p><p>It's got me all soakin' wet</p><p>FLESH-the only thing that's worth</p><p>the sweat, yeah</p><p>From the Mississippi River</p><p>To the highest mountain in Tibet</p><p>Everybody gotta have...</p><p></p><p>FLESH-you got me all soakin' wet</p><p>FLESH-the only thing that's worth</p><p>the sweat</p><p>FLESH-you got me all soakin' wet</p><p>FLESH-the only thing, the only thing,</p><p>the only thing</p><p>From a Sufi in a rickshaw to a bimbo</p><p>in a pink Corvette</p><p>Everybody gotta have...</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ EMI April Music Inc./</p><p>Desmobile Music Co. Inc. ASCAP</p><p><strong>Walk On Down</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Joe perry)</p><p></p><p>You wonder why you got holes in your shoes</p><p>You wonder why they got more money</p><p>than you</p><p>You wonder why you got nothin' to lose</p><p>It makes no sense, don't try to figure it out</p><p>You gotta... walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>When you're shit outta luck</p><p>There's just one thing to do and that's</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>When you're shit outta luck</p><p>There's just one thing to do and that's</p><p>Yeah, hum</p><p></p><p>Well she says that she loves ya</p><p>In your mind there's no doubt, but</p><p>You feel like a stranger</p><p>When the lights go out</p><p>As you lie there awake</p><p>You think this ain't no gift</p><p>Don't try to figure that weight's</p><p>too heavy to lift</p><p>You gotta... walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>When you're shit outta luck</p><p>There's just one thing to do and that's</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>'Cause I got no time to lose</p><p>It's my life if I choose</p><p>Put on my walkin' shoes</p><p></p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>When you're shit outta luck</p><p>There's just one thing to do and that's</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>Walk on down</p><p>When you're shit outta luck</p><p>There's just one thing to do and that's</p><p>Walk on down</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ ASCAP</p><p><strong>Shut Up And Dance</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw)</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>Talk is cheap shut up and dance</p><p>Don't get deep, shut up and dance</p><p></p><p>Love has got me down</p><p>A tear just hit the ground</p><p>So I started writing you this song</p><p>But the words I wrote came out all wrong</p><p>Yeah, but it's alright</p><p></p><p>When you can't define the crime</p><p>Then life ain't worth a dime</p><p>When they take away everything you got</p><p>And they rup your nose in the funky spot</p><p>Not without a fight</p><p></p><p>When you work you fingers to the bone</p><p>Now what does that get you-NOTHING</p><p>In a crowd of people</p><p>You're still alone</p><p>You hope that tells you something</p><p></p><p>The road to heaven is paved in hell</p><p>And it makes you wonder</p><p>Why we're here at all</p><p>Check out the shape of your circumstance</p><p>He wears the dress and she wears</p><p>the pants</p><p>Here comes Jill and she needs romance</p><p>But you can't do jack so shut up</p><p>and dance!</p><p></p><p>Sex is like a gun</p><p>You aim, you shoot, you run</p><p>When you're splittin' hairs with Mr.Clean</p><p>It's like gettin' heat from guillotine</p><p>And the night has just begun</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Tranquity Base Gongs adm. by WB Music Corp.</p><p>ASCAP / Ranch Rock Music adm. by Warner-Tamerline Publishing Corp. BMI</p><p><strong>Cryin'</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Stiven Tyler, Joe Perry, Taylor Rhodes)</p><p></p><p>There was a time</p><p>When I was so brokenhearted</p><p>Love wasn't much of a friend of mine</p><p>The tables have turned, yeah</p><p>'Cause me and them ways have parted</p><p>That kind of love was the killin' kind</p><p>All I want is someone I can't resist</p><p>I know all I need to know by the way</p><p>that I got kissed</p><p></p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>Now I'm tryin' to forget you</p><p>Love is sweet misery</p><p>I was cryin' just to get you</p><p>Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you</p><p>Do what you do-down on me</p><p></p><p>Now there's not even breathin' room</p><p>Between pleasure and pain</p><p>Yeah you cry when we're makin' love</p><p>Must be one and the same</p><p></p><p>It's down on me</p><p>Yeah I got to tell you one thing</p><p>It's been on my mind</p><p>Girl I gotta say</p><p>We're partners in crime</p><p>You got that certain something</p><p>What you give to me</p><p>Takes my breath away</p><p>Now the word out on the street</p><p>Is the devil's in your kiss</p><p>If our love goes up in flames</p><p>It's a fire I can't resist</p><p></p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>Now I'm tryin' to forget you</p><p>Your love is sweet misery</p><p>I was cryin' just to get you</p><p>Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you</p><p>Do what you do to me</p><p></p><p>'Cause what you got inside</p><p>Ain't where your love should stay</p><p>Yeah, our love, sweet love, ain't love</p><p>'Til you give your heart away</p><p></p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>Now I'm tryin' to forget you</p><p>Your love is sweet misery</p><p>I was cryin' just to get you</p><p>Now I'm dyin' just to let you</p><p>Do what you do what you do down to me,</p><p>baby, baby, baby</p><p></p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>Now I'm tryin' to forget you</p><p>Your love is sweet misery</p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you</p><p>Do what you do down, down to,</p><p>down to, down to</p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>Now I'm tryin' to forget you</p><p>Your love is sweet</p><p>I was cryin' when I met you</p><p>(fade)</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCR Music Publishing, a division of MCR</p><p>Inc./ Taylor Rhodes Songs ASCAP</p><p><strong>Gotta Love It</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tylor, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson)</p><p></p><p>Psychedelic sandwich</p><p></p><p>Any way you can feel it</p><p>You shouldn't try to it conceal baby</p><p>You got tomake up your mind</p><p></p><p>Any way I can steal it</p><p>Any way you can deal it to me</p><p>You know the pleasure's all mine</p><p></p><p>You gotta love it</p><p>You better own it</p><p>You gotta love it</p><p>And God knows it</p><p>You gotta shu uh shove it</p><p>I'm gonna make things happen</p><p>Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round</p><p></p><p>I wanna say you're a fireckracker</p><p>I wanna say you're a switchblade knife</p><p>You make your sex a career</p><p></p><p>Comin' down from an all night tripper</p><p>Pull your foot from the ruby slipper</p><p>'Cause you can't get there from here</p><p></p><p>You gotta love it</p><p>You better own it</p><p>You gotta love it</p><p>And God knows it</p><p>You gotta shu uh shove it</p><p>I'm gonna make things happen</p><p>Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round</p><p></p><p>I got this feeling deep inside my gut</p><p>Overwhelming feeling of I know not what</p><p>One thing's for sure I ain't got time for</p><p>those who can't relate</p><p></p><p>You gotta learn to love the midnight madness</p><p>You gotta revel in the good and badness</p><p>If yin 'n yang is your thing</p><p></p><p>What I gotta do to try and reach ya</p><p>Is it for real or just a double feature</p><p>So let's go throw the I Ching</p><p></p><p>You gotta love it</p><p>You wanna own it</p><p>You gotta love it</p><p>And God knows it</p><p>You gotta shu uh shove it</p><p>You gotta make things happen</p><p>Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCR Music Publishing, a division of MCR</p><p>Inc./ Beef Puppet Music ASCAP</p><p><strong>Crazy</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child)</p><p></p><p>Come 'ere baby</p><p>You know you drive me up a wall the way</p><p>you make good on all the nasty tricks</p><p>you pull</p><p>Seems like we're makin' up more</p><p>then we're makin' love</p><p>And it always seems you got somn' on</p><p>your mind other than me</p><p>Girl, you got to change your crazy ways</p><p>You here me</p><p></p><p>Say you're leavin' on a seven thirty train</p><p>and that you're headin' out to Hollywood</p><p>Girl you been givin' me that line so many</p><p>times it kinda gets like feelin' bad</p><p>looks good</p><p></p><p>That kinda lovin'</p><p>Turns a man to a slave</p><p>That kinda lovin'</p><p>Sends a man right to his grave...</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy</p><p>You turn it on</p><p>Then you're gone</p><p>Yeah you drive me</p><p>Crazy, crazy, crazy, for you baby</p><p>What can I do, honey</p><p>I feel like the color blue...</p><p></p><p>You're packin' up your stuff and talkin'</p><p>like it's tough and tryin' to tell me that</p><p>it's time to go</p><p>But i know you ain't wearin' nothin'</p><p>underneath that overcoat</p><p>And it's all a show</p><p>That kinda lovin'</p><p>Makes me wanna pull</p><p>Down to shade, yeah</p><p>That kinda lovin'</p><p>Yeah now I'm, never gonna be the same</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p><p></p><p>I'm losin' my mind, girl</p><p>'Cause I'm goin' crazy</p><p></p><p>I need your love, honey</p><p>I need your love</p><p></p><p>Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby</p><p>I'm losin' my mind, girl</p><p>'Cause I'm goin' crazy</p><p>Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby</p><p>You turn it on, then you're gone</p><p>Yeah you drive me</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./EMI April Music Inc./</p><p>Dismobile Music Co. Inc. ASCAP</p><p><strong>Line Up</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Lenny Kravitz)</p><p></p><p>If you think that you're strong</p><p>Wanna fight well come on</p><p>And line up</p><p>When the going gets tough</p><p>And you talk ain't enough</p><p>Line up</p><p></p><p>We gotta get up, get out before</p><p>they get us down</p><p>'Cause livin' up against the wall, yeah</p><p>Has got us locked up</p><p>Come on and line up</p><p>So don't be surprised when they pull</p><p>the wool over yo eyes</p><p>Yeah don't get funked up</p><p></p><p>If you got all the stuff</p><p>And you can't get enough</p><p>Then line up</p><p>If you're out on a limb</p><p>And you wanna come in</p><p>Then line up</p><p></p><p>Your head's down, sittin' 'round</p><p>Pick yo face up off the ground</p><p>And get yo self together baby</p><p>And learn to stand tough</p><p>Come on and line up</p><p></p><p>We better get to it instead of</p><p>Just standing around</p><p>It's time to get down</p><p></p><p>If you're playing to win</p><p>And your only way in</p><p>Is line up</p><p></p><p>If we all wanna live</p><p>Then we all gotta give</p><p>Line up</p><p></p><p>We gotta get up, get out</p><p>Before they get us down</p><p>'Cause livin' up against the wall</p><p>Yeah, has got us locked up</p><p>Come on and line up</p><p></p><p>You better got to it</p><p>Instead of just standin' around</p><p>Yeah, it's time to get down</p><p></p><p>If you got all the stuff</p><p>And you can't get enough</p><p>Line up</p><p>Line up</p><p>If you think that you're strong</p><p>Wanna fight then come on</p><p>Line up</p><p>Line up</p><p></p><p>(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Miss Bessie Music ASCAP</p><p><strong>Amazing</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Steven Tyler, Richie Supa)</p><p></p><p>I kept the right ones out</p><p>And let the wrong ones it</p><p>Had an angel of mercy to see me</p><p>through all my sins</p><p>There was times in my life</p><p>When I was goin' insane</p><p>Tryin' to walk through</p><p>The pain</p><p>When I lost my grip</p><p>And I hit the floor</p><p>Yeah, I thought I could leave but</p><p>couldn't get out the door</p><p>I was so sick and tired</p><p>Of livin' a lie</p><p>I was wishin' that I</p><p>Would die</p><p></p><p>CHORUS:</p><p>It's Amazing</p><p>With the blink of an eye you finally</p><p>see the light</p><p>It's Amazing</p><p>When the moment arrives that you know</p><p>you'll be alright</p><p>It's Amazing</p><p>And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate</p><p>hearts tonight</p><p></p><p>That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation</p><p>And how high can you fly with</p><p>broken wings?</p><p>Life's a journey not a destination</p><p>And I just can't tell just what</p><p>tomorrow brings</p><p></p><p>You have to learn to crawl</p><p>Before you learn to walk</p><p>But I just couldn't listen to all that</p><p>righteous talk</p><p>I was out on the street,</p><p>Just tryin' to survive</p><p>Scratchin' to stay</p><p>Alive</p><p></p><p>CHORUS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 744, member: 1"] [B]Eat The Rich[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance) Well I woke up this morning On the wrong side of the bad And how I got to thinkin' About all those things you said About ordinary people And how they make you sick And if callin' names kicks back on you Then I hope this does the trick 'Cause I'm sick of your complainin' About how many bills And I'm sick of all your bitchin' 'Bout your poodles and your pills And I just can't see no humor About your way of life And I think I can do more for you With this here fork and knife CHORUS: Eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're good for Eat the Rich: take one bite now-come back for more Eat the Rich: I gotta get this off my chest Eat the Rich: take one bite now, spit out the rest So I called up my head shrinker And I told him what I'd done He said you'd best go on a diet Yeah I hope you have some fun And a don't go burst a bubble On rich folks who get rude 'Cause you wan't get in no trouble When you eats that kinda food How they're smokin' up their jung bonds And then they go get stiff And they're dancin' at the yacht club With Muff and Uncle Biff But there's one good thing that happens When you toss your pearls to swine Their attitudes may taste like shit But go real good with wine CHORUS Believe in all the good things That money just can't bye Then you won't get no bellyache From eatin' humble pie I believe in rags to riches Your inheritance won't last So take your Gray Poupon my friend And shove it up your ass! CHORUS: Eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're good for Eat the Rich: take one bite now-come back for more Eat the Rich: don't stop me now I'm goin' crazy Eat the Rich: that's my idea of a good time baby (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Almo Music Corp./ Testatume Music ASCAP [B]Get A Grip[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance) CHORUS: Got to get a grip Skin and bones it ain't such a pity If you think I'm vain, better shut ya lip I can't explain how to be fat city You gotta live large, gotta let it rip Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip rip Once upon a crime I thougt I was cool but I don't want to brag Once I crossed the line I think I musta zigged when I shoulda zagged CHORUS Same old same old every day if things don't change you're just gonna rot 'Cause if you do what you've always done you'll always get what you always got CHORUS Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip Who knows for sure yeah without a doubt What goes on when the lights go out Or who pulls in when I pull out And what is a one-eyed trouser trout? I was so shortsighted Now the wrong been righted I feel so delighted I get so excited CHORUS Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip rip Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip You wanna get high in a New York minute Choke that smoke, honey crack the whip Your head gets dead As long as you're in it You wanna hang loose, gotta get a grip Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Almo Music Corp./ Testatume Music ASCAP [B]Fever[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry) I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes I got a Margarita nose and a breath full of Mad Dog Booze CHORUS: I got the fever, fever, fever, fever Yeah, they threw me outta jail I tell ya it ain't fair I tried to kiss the judge from the electrica' chair Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight... The guitar's cranked and the bass man's blown a fuse And when the whole gang bands tell me then what's your excuse? CHORUS Fever gives ya lust with an appetite It hits ya like the fangs from a rattesnake bite We're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight We can't run away from trouble There ain't no place that far But if we do it right at the speed of light There's the back seat of my car, cavear I was feelin' so high I forgot what day Now I'm feelin' low down even slow Seems way too fast And now the booze don't work 'Cause the drugs ran out of gas CHORUS The buzz that you be gettin' from the Crack don't last I'd rather be O.D.in' on the Crack of her ass Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not All there tonight My first time ever lover We fell asleep out on the lawn And when I woke up I was all alone Makin' love to the Crack of Dawn So yo, I beg yo pardon sir, The gangster of love rides again You know I gotta chill It gimme such a thrill Like a burnin' plague Yeah get outta my way Fever may be Hell and a cross to bear As long as I'm in heaven honey I don't care You look so good baby look so fine I tell you you're the image of the perfect crime You get so tired holdin' on so tight If you think you're goin' crazy Well you may be right CHORUS Yeah we're all here 'cause we're not All there that's right (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc. ASCAP [B]Livin' On The Edge[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson) There's somethin' wrong with the world today I don't know what it is Something's wrong with our eyes We're seeing things in a different way And God knows it ain't His It sure ain't no surprise CHORUS: We're livin' on the edge There's somethin' wrong with the world today The light bulb's gettin' dim There's meltdown in the sky If you can judge a wise man By the color of his skin Then mister you're a better man than I CHORUS: We're livin' on the edge You can't help yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself at all Livin' on the edge You can't stop yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion Complication-aggravation Is getting to you If chicken little talls you that the sky is fallin' Even if it wasn't would you still come crawlin' Back again? I bet you would my friend Again 8 again 8 again 8 again Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion Complication-aggravation Is getting to you If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin' Even if it wasn't would you still came crawlin' Back again? I bet you would my friend Again 8 again 8 again 8 again Something right with the world today And everybody knows it's wrong But we can tell 'em no or we could let it go But I would rather be a hanging on CHORUS: Livin' on the edge Livin' on the edge Livin' on the edge Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah CHORUS: Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself from fallin' You can't help yourself at all Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself You can't help yourself Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself at all You can't help yourself Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ MCA Music Publishing, a division of MCA Inc./ Beef Puppet Music ASCAP [B]Flesh[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child) The day rolls in, the night roll out Desire rules without a doubt The heart beats fast, you salivate And when you come it won't be late I guess by now you got the score A little taste you want it more From San Antone to Marrakesh Yeah when the night comes Everybody gotta have FLESH You got me all soakin' wet FLESH-the only thing that's worth the sweat From the day that Eve did Adam Down to Romeo and Juliet Everybody gotta have... The prince of lust has met his match The witch has brewed her baddest batch His sword is sharp and hard as stone Her cauldron begs for one more bone And so my love, this story's told From modern times to day of old From Boston, Mass to Bangladesh Yeah, when the night comes Everybody gotta have FLESH It's got me all soakin' wet FLESH-the only thing that's worth the sweat, yeah From the Mississippi River To the highest mountain in Tibet Everybody gotta have... FLESH-you got me all soakin' wet FLESH-the only thing that's worth the sweat FLESH-you got me all soakin' wet FLESH-the only thing, the only thing, the only thing From a Sufi in a rickshaw to a bimbo in a pink Corvette Everybody gotta have... (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ EMI April Music Inc./ Desmobile Music Co. Inc. ASCAP [B]Walk On Down[/B] (Joe perry) You wonder why you got holes in your shoes You wonder why they got more money than you You wonder why you got nothin' to lose It makes no sense, don't try to figure it out You gotta... walk on down Walk on down Walk on down When you're shit outta luck There's just one thing to do and that's Walk on down Walk on down Walk on down When you're shit outta luck There's just one thing to do and that's Yeah, hum Well she says that she loves ya In your mind there's no doubt, but You feel like a stranger When the lights go out As you lie there awake You think this ain't no gift Don't try to figure that weight's too heavy to lift You gotta... walk on down Walk on down Walk on down When you're shit outta luck There's just one thing to do and that's Walk on down Walk on down 'Cause I got no time to lose It's my life if I choose Put on my walkin' shoes Walk on down Walk on down Walk on down When you're shit outta luck There's just one thing to do and that's Walk on down Walk on down Walk on down When you're shit outta luck There's just one thing to do and that's Walk on down (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ ASCAP [B]Shut Up And Dance[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw) CHORUS: Talk is cheap shut up and dance Don't get deep, shut up and dance Love has got me down A tear just hit the ground So I started writing you this song But the words I wrote came out all wrong Yeah, but it's alright When you can't define the crime Then life ain't worth a dime When they take away everything you got And they rup your nose in the funky spot Not without a fight When you work you fingers to the bone Now what does that get you-NOTHING In a crowd of people You're still alone You hope that tells you something The road to heaven is paved in hell And it makes you wonder Why we're here at all Check out the shape of your circumstance He wears the dress and she wears the pants Here comes Jill and she needs romance But you can't do jack so shut up and dance! Sex is like a gun You aim, you shoot, you run When you're splittin' hairs with Mr.Clean It's like gettin' heat from guillotine And the night has just begun CHORUS (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Tranquity Base Gongs adm. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP / Ranch Rock Music adm. by Warner-Tamerline Publishing Corp. BMI [B]Cryin'[/B] (Stiven Tyler, Joe Perry, Taylor Rhodes) There was a time When I was so brokenhearted Love wasn't much of a friend of mine The tables have turned, yeah 'Cause me and them ways have parted That kind of love was the killin' kind All I want is someone I can't resist I know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed I was cryin' when I met you Now I'm tryin' to forget you Love is sweet misery I was cryin' just to get you Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you Do what you do-down on me Now there's not even breathin' room Between pleasure and pain Yeah you cry when we're makin' love Must be one and the same It's down on me Yeah I got to tell you one thing It's been on my mind Girl I gotta say We're partners in crime You got that certain something What you give to me Takes my breath away Now the word out on the street Is the devil's in your kiss If our love goes up in flames It's a fire I can't resist I was cryin' when I met you Now I'm tryin' to forget you Your love is sweet misery I was cryin' just to get you Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you Do what you do to me 'Cause what you got inside Ain't where your love should stay Yeah, our love, sweet love, ain't love 'Til you give your heart away I was cryin' when I met you Now I'm tryin' to forget you Your love is sweet misery I was cryin' just to get you Now I'm dyin' just to let you Do what you do what you do down to me, baby, baby, baby I was cryin' when I met you Now I'm tryin' to forget you Your love is sweet misery I was cryin' when I met you Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you Do what you do down, down to, down to, down to I was cryin' when I met you Now I'm tryin' to forget you Your love is sweet I was cryin' when I met you (fade) (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCR Music Publishing, a division of MCR Inc./ Taylor Rhodes Songs ASCAP [B]Gotta Love It[/B] (Steven Tylor, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson) Psychedelic sandwich Any way you can feel it You shouldn't try to it conceal baby You got tomake up your mind Any way I can steal it Any way you can deal it to me You know the pleasure's all mine You gotta love it You better own it You gotta love it And God knows it You gotta shu uh shove it I'm gonna make things happen Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round I wanna say you're a fireckracker I wanna say you're a switchblade knife You make your sex a career Comin' down from an all night tripper Pull your foot from the ruby slipper 'Cause you can't get there from here You gotta love it You better own it You gotta love it And God knows it You gotta shu uh shove it I'm gonna make things happen Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round I got this feeling deep inside my gut Overwhelming feeling of I know not what One thing's for sure I ain't got time for those who can't relate You gotta learn to love the midnight madness You gotta revel in the good and badness If yin 'n yang is your thing What I gotta do to try and reach ya Is it for real or just a double feature So let's go throw the I Ching You gotta love it You wanna own it You gotta love it And God knows it You gotta shu uh shove it You gotta make things happen Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCR Music Publishing, a division of MCR Inc./ Beef Puppet Music ASCAP [B]Crazy[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child) Come 'ere baby You know you drive me up a wall the way you make good on all the nasty tricks you pull Seems like we're makin' up more then we're makin' love And it always seems you got somn' on your mind other than me Girl, you got to change your crazy ways You here me Say you're leavin' on a seven thirty train and that you're headin' out to Hollywood Girl you been givin' me that line so many times it kinda gets like feelin' bad looks good That kinda lovin' Turns a man to a slave That kinda lovin' Sends a man right to his grave... CHORUS: I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy You turn it on Then you're gone Yeah you drive me Crazy, crazy, crazy, for you baby What can I do, honey I feel like the color blue... You're packin' up your stuff and talkin' like it's tough and tryin' to tell me that it's time to go But i know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that overcoat And it's all a show That kinda lovin' Makes me wanna pull Down to shade, yeah That kinda lovin' Yeah now I'm, never gonna be the same CHORUS I'm losin' my mind, girl 'Cause I'm goin' crazy I need your love, honey I need your love Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby I'm losin' my mind, girl 'Cause I'm goin' crazy Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby You turn it on, then you're gone Yeah you drive me (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./EMI April Music Inc./ Dismobile Music Co. Inc. ASCAP [B]Line Up[/B] (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Lenny Kravitz) If you think that you're strong Wanna fight well come on And line up When the going gets tough And you talk ain't enough Line up We gotta get up, get out before they get us down 'Cause livin' up against the wall, yeah Has got us locked up Come on and line up So don't be surprised when they pull the wool over yo eyes Yeah don't get funked up If you got all the stuff And you can't get enough Then line up If you're out on a limb And you wanna come in Then line up Your head's down, sittin' 'round Pick yo face up off the ground And get yo self together baby And learn to stand tough Come on and line up We better get to it instead of Just standing around It's time to get down If you're playing to win And your only way in Is line up If we all wanna live Then we all gotta give Line up We gotta get up, get out Before they get us down 'Cause livin' up against the wall Yeah, has got us locked up Come on and line up You better got to it Instead of just standin' around Yeah, it's time to get down If you got all the stuff And you can't get enough Line up Line up If you think that you're strong Wanna fight then come on Line up Line up (C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./ Miss Bessie Music ASCAP [B]Amazing[/B] (Steven Tyler, Richie Supa) I kept the right ones out And let the wrong ones it Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins There was times in my life When I was goin' insane Tryin' to walk through The pain When I lost my grip And I hit the floor Yeah, I thought I could leave but couldn't get out the door I was so sick and tired Of livin' a lie I was wishin' that I Would die CHORUS: It's Amazing With the blink of an eye you finally see the light It's Amazing When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright It's Amazing And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation And how high can you fly with broken wings? Life's a journey not a destination And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings You have to learn to crawl Before you learn to walk But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk I was out on the street, Just tryin' to survive Scratchin' to stay Alive CHORUS [/QUOTE]
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