Aerosmith

Released: April 20, 1993

Songwriter: Jim Vallance Joe Perry Steven Tyler

Producer: Bruce Fairbairn

[Chorus]
Got to get a grip
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
If you think I'm vain, better shut your lips
I can't explain how to be fat city
You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Chorus 2]
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
Don't you give me no flack, honey shut your lip
You got to have stones if you're living in the city
If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

[Verse 1]
Once upon a crime I thought I was cool but I don't want to brag
Once I crossed the line I think I must have zigged when I should have zagged

[Chorus]
Got to get a grip
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
If you think I'm vein, better shut your lips
I can't explain how to be fat city
You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Verse 2]
Same old same old every day
If things don't change you're just gonna rot
Because if you do what you've always done
You'll always get what you always got
Uh, could that be nothing?

[Chorus]
Got to get a grip
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
If you think I'm vein, better shut your lips
I can't explain how to be fat city
You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Chorus 2]
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
Don't give me no flack, honey shut your lip
You got to have stones if you're living in the city
If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

Who knows for sure yeah without a doubt
What goes on when the lights go out
Or who pulls in when I pull out
And what's a one eyed trouser trout?

I was so short sighted
Now the wrong been righted
I feel so delighted
I get so excited

Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
If you think I'm vain, better shut you lip
I can't explain how to be fat city
You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Chorus 2]
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
Don't give me no flack, honey shut your lip
You got to have stones if you're living in the city
If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

You want to get high in a New York minute
Choke that smoke, honey crack the whip
Your head gets dead, yea as long as you're in it
You want to hang loose, got to get a grip

[Chorus 2]
Skin and bones, it isn’t such a pity
Don't give me no flack, honey shut your lip
You got to have stones if you're living in the city
If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

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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