Aerosmith

Released: June 29, 1987

Songwriter: Joe Perry Steven Tyler

Producer: Aerosmith Paul O’Neill

[Verse 1]
Get yourself a cooler, lay yourself low
Coincidental murder, with nothing to show
With the judge, constipation will go to his head
And his wife's aggravation, you’re soon enough dead

[Chorus]
It's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend

[Verse 2]
Gotcha with the cocaine they found with your gun
No smooth-face lawyer to get you undone
Say love ain’t the same on the south side of town
You could look, but you ain't gonna find it around

[Chorus]
It's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend (Uh)
It's the same old story, same old story, same old song and dance

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
Fate comes a-knocking, doors start locking
Your old time connection, change your direction
You ain't gonna change it, can't rearrange it
Can't stand the pain when it's all the same to you, my friend

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
When you’re low down and dirty, from walking the street
With your old hurdy-gurdy, no one to meet
Say love ain’t the same, on the south side of town
You could look, but you ain't gonna find it around

[Chorus]
It’s the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story, same old story, same old song and dance, yeah

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as “The Bad Boys from Boston” and “America’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.” Formed in 1970, its founding members are Steven Tyler (vocals, keyboards, harmonica), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums), Joe Perry (guitar, vocals) and Brad Whitford (guitar).

The band released their eponymous debut studio album in 1973 featuring the single “Dream On,” which remains one of their most popular songs. Their next four albums made them rock stars across the US and Canada, spawning the hits “Sweet Emotion”, “Last Child”, “Walk This Way”, “Back In The Saddle”, “Draw The Line”, and a cover of “Come Together” for the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Soundtrack.

Before the release of their fifth album Draw The Line, the band’s substance abuse began to destroy them. Perry quit after a backstage fight with Tyler in 1979, and Whitfield left two years later. Despite moderate sales, the band’s fifth and sixth albums were considered flops when compared to the band’s past accomplishments. When Perry and Whitfield returned in 1984, their eighth album Done With Mirrors was also deemed unsuccessful despite strong reviews. Doug Herzog (MTV, VH1)

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