Aerosmith

Released: November 9, 1985

Songwriter: Tom Hamilton Steven Tyler

Producer: Ted Templeman

[Verse 1]
You keep a knocking but you can't come in
The way you love I adore
You always come never know where you been
But a, now I'm here baby to even the score
You're up, you're down
You're always runnin in place
Triathlon if you please
You're always begging me for a taste
But ain’t up to snuff if you sneeze

[Chorus]
Yak, yak, yak
Lord you give me the bends
Your head's in jail
I'll call out the law
Like The Reason a Dog
Has so many friends
He wags his tail instead of his tongue

[Verse 2]
Your older sister
She's a lot like you
She likes to grab my microphone
Now there ain’t too much she won't do
Especially when we're all alone
You're up, you're down
You're always runnin in place
Triathlon if you please
Her mind's on rewind and erase
But you might get shot, babe
When you're shootin the breeze

[Chorus]
Yak, yak, yak
Lord you give me the bends
Your heads in jail
I'll call out the law
That The Reason a Dog
Has so many friends
Cause he wags his tail instead of his tongue
That The Reason a Dog
Has so many friends
Cause he wags his tail instead of his tongue

[Verse 3]
Your older sister
She's a lot like you
And there ain’t too much that she won't do
Ooh ooh who who who whooo
Ooh ooh who who who whooo
There always something that you got to say
I lose my mind and then I surely fade away, yeah

[Chorus]
Yak, yak, yak
Lord you give me the bends
You're heads in jail
Now look what you done
That The Reason a Dog
Has so many friends
Cause he wags his tail instead of his tongue
That The Reason a Dog
Has so many friends
He wags his tail instead of his tongue
That The Reason a Dog
Has so many friends
Cause he wags his tail instead of his tongue...arf

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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