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A little something about Aerosmith
The name Aerosmith, by the way, means nothing in particular; it simply was the only name that no one in the band hated.
During the first decade of its career, Aerosmith was one of the most popular hard-rock bands in America, striking a flamboyant middle ground between the cool, bluesy swagger of the Rolling Stones and the more campy, glam-metal approach of the New York Dolls and Mott the Hoople. Later, after a period of drug- and alcohol-induced decline, they made a triumphant return to form in the late '80s and early '90s, winning back their fans and the heart — and checkbook — of Columbia Records, the label where the story of Aerosmith began.
Actually, the band's tale starts a few years before signing to Columbia, when drummer Steven Tyler met guitarist Joe Perry at the Anchorage, a Sunapee, N.H., ice cream parlor where Perry worked in 1970. They formed a power trio with Tom Hamilton on bass, and before long, they'd added drummer Joey Kramer and guitarist Brad Whitford, leaving Tyler to fulfill the role he was born for: lead singer.
With 1975's Toys in the Attic, considered by most to be Aerosmith's best album, the group achieved a new level of success, both artistically and commercially. The first single, "Sweet Emotion," was a terrific pop-hard rock crossover that led the album up to No. 11 on the Billboard charts (it eventually sold 6 million copies). As a result of this newfound success, "Dream On" was re-released, becoming a Top 40 hit the second time around. The super-funky "Walk This Way" followed it up the charts early in 1976.
Operating with two replacement guitarists, Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay, the band released its least successful album ever, Rock in a Hard Place, in 1982. Meanwhile, Perry's and Whitford's solo projects weren't exactly lighting up the charts. Something had to be done. On Valentine's Day of 1984, Perry and Whitford visited their old bandmates backstage after a show at Boston's Orpheum Theatre. Now reconciled, they reunited for the Back in the Saddle tour, and in 1985, having signed to Geffen Records, they put out Done With Mirrors. Though it didn't sell well, it showed that the band was on the comeback trail. After its release, Tyler and Perry completed a drug-rehabilitation program, and then, in an extremely smart publicity move, they joined old-school rappers Run-DMC in the video for their cover of "Walk This Way."
In 1987, with producer Bruce Fairbairn at the helm, they recorded the album that would put them back on top, Permanent Vacation. Aerosmith's best and biggest-selling non-greatest hits album since Rocks featured the hits "Dude (Looks Like a Lady)," "Rag Doll," and "Angel," and ultimately sold 5 million copies. Pump, released in 1989, did it one better, selling 6 million, driven by the Top 10 hits "Love in an Elevator" and "Janie's Got a Gun."
...This seems like a logical place to put some lyrics
Lyrics below : "Janie's Got a Gun", "Love in an elevator" , "Angel" , "Dude (Looks like a lady)" , "Walk this way" - featuring Run DMC
Janie's Got a Gun
ch' dum dum dum, honey what have you done
ch' dum dum dum, it's the sound of my gun
ch' dum dum dum, honey what have you done
ch' dum dum dum, it's the sound, it's the sound
umh umh umh
umh umh umh
umh umh umh
umh umh umh
Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her whole world's come undone
From lookin' straight at the sun
what did her daddy do?
what did he put you through?
they said when Janie was arrested
they found him underneath a train
but man he had it comin'
now that Janie's got a gun
she ain't never gonna be the same
Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog days just begun
now everybody is on the run
tell me now it's untrue
what did her daddy do?
he jacked a little bitty baby
the man has got to be insane
they say the spell that he was under
the lightning and the thunder
knew that someone had to stop the rain
run away, run away from the pain
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
run away, run away from the pain
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
run away, run away
run, run away... ooh
Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
Her dog days just begun
now everybody is on the run
what did her daddy do?
it's Janie's last I-O-U
she had to take him down easy
and put a bullet in his brain
she said 'cause nobody believes me
the man was such a sleaze
he ain't never gonna be the same
run away, run away from the pain
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
run away, run away from the pain
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
run away, run away
run, run away...
Janies got a gun
Janies got a gun
Janies got a gun
everybody is on the run
Janie's got gun
her dog day's just begun
now everybody is on the run
because Janie's got a gun
Janie's got a gun
her dog day's just begun
now everybody is on the run
Janie's got a gun
(honey honey, what's the problem)
(tell me it ain't right)
(was it your daddy's cradle-robbin' that)
(made you scream at night)
Love in an Elevator
Second floor, hardware, children's ware, ladie's lingerie
Oh good morning Mr. Tyler, going down?
Heh heh heh, ooh
Mmm mmm mmm mmm... yeah
workin' like a dog for the boss man (wo)
workin' for the company (wo yeah)
bettin' on the dice I'm tossin' (wo)
I'm gonna have a fantasy (wo yeah)
but where am I gonna look?
they tell me that love is blind
I really need a girl like an open book
to read between the lines
love in an elevator
livin' it up when I'm going down
love in an elevator
lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground
Jackie's in the elevator (wo)
lingerie second floor (wo yeah)
she said can I see you later (wo)
and love you just a little more (wo yeah)
I kinda hope we get stuck
nobody gets out alive
she said "I'll show you how to fax in the mailroom honey
and have you home by five"
love in an elevator
livin' it up when I'm going down
love in an elevator
lovin' it up 'til I hit the ground
in the air, in the air honey one more time now it ain't fair
love in an elevator
lovin' it up when i'm going down
love in an
elevator
going down
love in an elevator
lovin' it up when I'm going down
love in an elevator
livin' it up when I hit the ground
gonna be a penthouse pauper (wo)
gonna be a millionaire (wo yeah)
I'm gonna be a real fast talker (wo)
and have me a love affair (wo yeah)
gotta get my timing right (wo)
it's a test that I got to pass (yeah)
I'll chase you all the way to the stairway honey (wo)
kiss your sassafrass
love in an elevator
lovin' it up when I'm going down
love in an elevator
livin' it up 'til I hit the ground
Do you care? Do you care?
Honey one more time now it ain't fair
love in an elevator
livin it up when I'm going down
Do you care? Do you care?
Honey one more time now it ain't fair
love in an elevator
livin it up when I'm going down
"In the air, in the air"
Honey one more one more one more one more
love in an elevator
livin it up when I'm going down
"In the air, in the air"
Honey one more one more one more one more
love in an elevator
livin it up when I'm going down
"In the air, in the air"
Honey one more one more one more one more
love in an elevator
love in an elevator
livin it up when I'm going down
in the air, in the air, in the air, in the air
love in an elevator
lovin it up when I'm going down
Angel
I'm in love, yet I don't know if I can face the night
I'm in tears, and the crying that I do is for you
I want your love, let's break the walls between us
Don't make it tough, I put away my pride
With your sweet love, I've suffered and I've seen the light, baby
You're my angel, come and save me tonight
You're my angel, come and make it alright
Don't know what I'm gonna do about this feeling inside
Yes, it's true, loneliness took me for a ride
Without your love, I'm nothing but a beggar
Without your love, a dog without a bone
What can I do? I'm sleepin' in this bed alone
Baby, you're my angel, come and save me tonight
You're my angel, come and make it alright
Come and save me tonight
You're the reason I live
You're the reason I die
You're the reason I give when I break down and cry
Don't need no reason why
Baby, baby, baby
You're my angel, come and save me tonight
You're my angel, come and make it alright
You're my angel, come and save me tonight
You're my angel, come and make it alright
Come and save me tonight (5 times)
Dude (looks like a lady)
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Cruised into a bar on the shore
Her picture graced the grime on the door
She a long lost love at first bite
Baby maybe you're wrong but you know it's all right
That's right
Backstage we're having the time
Of our lives until somebody say
Forgive me if I seem out of line
Then she whipped out her gun
And tried to blow me away
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
So never judge a book by it's cover
Or who you gonna love by your lover
Love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a venus
Lord imagine my surprise
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Baby let me follow you down
Let me take a peek dear
Baby let me follow you down
Do me, do me, do me, all night
Baby let me follow you down
Turn the other cheek dear
Baby let me follow you down
Do me, do me, do me, sue me
What a funky lady
She like it like it like it like that
He was a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Dude, dude, dude, dude looks like a lady
Rag Doll
Rag doll, livin' in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before
I'm feelin' like a bad boy
MMM Just a like a bad boy
I'm rippin' up a rag doll
Like throwin' away an old toy
Some babe's talkin' real loud
Talking all about the new crowd
Try and sell me on an old dream
A new version of the old scene
Speak easy on the grape vine
Keep shufflin' in the shoe shine
Old tin lizzy do it 'til you're dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery
Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before
Yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Tap dancing on a land mine
Yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin'
Old tin lizzy do it till you dizzy
Give it all ya got until you're put out of your misery
Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me, baby won't you do me
Like you done before, huh huh
Yes, I'm movin', Yes, I'm movin'
Get ready for the big time
Get crazy on the moonshine
Yes, I'm movin', I'm really movin'
Sloe gin fizzy
Do it 'til you're dizzy
Give it all you got until you're put out of your misery
Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before
Rag doll, living in a movie
Hot tramp, Daddy's little cutie
So fine, they'll never see ya
Leavin' by the back door, man
Hot time, get it while it's easy
Don't mind, come on up and see me
Rag doll, baby won't you do me
Like you done before
Walk this way (featuring Run DMC)
backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers
till I talked to your daddy, he say
he said "you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin
then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways"
I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder
oh, the times I could reminisce
'cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin
only started with a little kiss
like this!
seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
and your feet flyin' up in the air
singin' "hey diddle diddle"
with your kitty in the middle of the swing
like you didn't care
so I took a big chance at the high school dance
with a missy who was ready to play
wasn't me she was foolin'
'cause she knew what she was doin'
and I knowed love was here to stay
when she told me to
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, walk this way
just gimme a kiss
like this!
schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy
little skirt's climbin' way up the knee
there was three young ladies in the school gym locker
when I noticed they was lookin' at me
I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady
till the boys told me somethin' I missed
then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor
so I gave her just a little kiss
like this!
seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school
and your feet flyin' up in the air
singin' "hey diddle diddle"
with your kitty in the middle of the swing
like you didn't care
so I took a big chance at the high school dance
with a missy who was ready to play
wasn't me she was foolin'
'cause she knew what she was doin'
when she told me how to walk this way, she told me to
walk this way, talk this way
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, walk this way
walk this way, talk this way
just gimme a kiss
like this!