Aerosmith

Released: December 1, 1977

Songwriter: Joe Perry Steven Tyler

Producer: Aerosmith Jack Douglas

[Verse 1]
Kicking down the road
Feeling mighty slowed
With the likes of you
Getting mighty spaced
Never had a taste
Of what you're going' through
I can't bitch
Went from rags to riches
Then to ragtime screaming the blues

[Chorus]
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intentions
Try to make a fool out to of me
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intentions
Got to make a fool
Got to make a fool
Try to make a fool out to of me

[Verse 2]
Swing low
Sweet cherry o
When a strange love showed me the way
You see more
Can't keep a score
When the whore's coming on for the play

[Chorus]
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intentions
Try to make a fool out to of me
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intentions
Got to make a fool
Got to make a fool
Try to make a fool out to of me

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
E. Poe
Eating crow
Wonder if he know that the raven was mad

[Chorus]
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intentions
Try to make a fool out to of me
I wanna know why
Everybody's good intentions
Got to make a fool
Got to make a fool
Try to make a fool out to of me

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Oh, they play rough and can't get lost
So they try to make a fool out of me, Lordy
Ain't fooling me
Ya ain't ghooling me
Ain't fooling me
Ya ain't ghooling me

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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