Aerosmith

Released: March 18, 1997

Songwriter: Mark Hudson Steven Tyler

Producer: Aerosmith Kevin Shirley

[Verse 1]
Finders keepers, losers weep
Down on 42nd Street
All barefoot children crying my-oh-my
I watched you on the avenue
While other men were havin' you
I think that you should let your caged bird fly

[Chorus]
And kiss your past goodbye
A-kiss your past goodbye
A-kss your past goodbye, yeah
Kiss your past goodbye

[Verse 2]
I been so lost I must confess
I had my share of loneliness
But yeah, it's hard to keep a good man down
The loves you lost were all in vain
The past lives on inside your brain
I don't think you need those memories
Hangin' around, yeah

[Chorus]
Goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
You gotta let it fly
Kiss your past goodbye, yeah
Yeah yeah

[Guitar solo]
(Kiss your past goodbye)
(Ooo, kiss your past goodbye)

[Bridge]
And if that bird don't fly away
There just one thing I got to say

[Verse 3]
It's later than a deuce of ticks
Your broken heart, it needs a fix
You're feedin' off a high that would not last
And people, they don't seem to care
And sorry just don't cut it, yeah
It seems to me you're gettin' nowhere fast
So kiss your past

[Chorus]
Or kiss your ass goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
There's no more tears to cry, yeah
So kiss your past goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye

[Outro]
Or kiss your ass goodbye
Yeah
Yeah
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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