Aerosmith

Released: December 1, 1977

Songwriter: David Johansen Jack Douglas Joe Perry Steven Tyler

Producer: Aerosmith Jack Douglas

[Verse 1]
Uh!
Going downtown, going down, going down
Neath the city, eating ground round
Underground is pretty gritty
I turned the screw she held the light
That's when I knew she was a

[Chorus]
Sight for sore eyes
She was a sight for sore eyes[x3]

[Verse 2]
Playing no fair, sleeping under stairs
Downtown's a pity, taking fair square
Never where it's pretty gritty
I turned the screw she held the knife
Oh holy Jesus

[Chorus]
She's a sight for sore eyes
(Oh she's a nitty nitty nitty)
You a sight for sore eyes
(Oh...she's a nitty gritty)

[Verse 3]
Turn in style
Walk a mile for your titty
Naked foul while under there
Underwear that's pretty gritty
Hey, don't you know people
She's a love lust hussy
She left, oh, she rust me
Dear old girl

[Chorus]
She was a sight for sore eyes but she was sitting pretty
Sight for sore eyes she was a nitty gritty
Sight for sore eyes
Sight for sore eyes

[Verse 4]
Peeled back and parted
Even in the car
It was delight or demise
I'm living like a leopard king

[Chorus]
Sight for sore eyes
She was a sight for sore eyes
Sight for sore eyes[x12]

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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