Aerosmith

Released: August 18, 1987

Songwriter: Jim Vallance Joe Perry Steven Tyler

Producer: Bruce Fairbairn

[Verse 1]
Me old my lady sitting in the shade
Talking about the money that I ain't made
Singing o boy don't you line the
Track a lack a

[Chorus 1]
O boy don't you line the track
O boy don't you line the track a lack a
O boy don't you line the track

[Chorus 2]
If I could, I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses stood
Singing o boy don't you line the track a lack a

[Chorus 1]
O boy don't you line the track
O boy don't you line the track a lack a
O boy don't you line the track

[Verse 2]
Drank so much hooch
It made my eyes be getting blurry
They say I nailed her to the wall
A stitch in time don't mean a thing
No hangman jury could make me crawl
Cause I'm a poor boy

[Chorus 1]
O boy don't you line the track
O boy don't you line the track a lack a
O boy don't you line the track

[Verse 3]
What you do with the gun that's loaded
Shot her dead when your heart exploded
Tell me baby now d-dontcha worry
Like lyin' to the hangman jury
I swear I didn't know that .45 was loaded
In fact my memory ain't too clear
That's not to say she didn't get what she deserved
Least that's the way it look from here
Boy when you line the track a lack a
Hey boy don't you line the track

[Chorus 3]
Oh a love come tumblin' down
Oh a love come tumblin' down
Oh (Let's get outta here)
When a love come tumblin'

[Verse 4]
And every night she take her thing
Into the city and in the mornin' make me beg
Cause If I'd taken all her real titty gritty
I'd smack her right upside the head boy

[Chorus 1]
O boy don't you line the track
O boy don't you line the track a lack a
O boy don't you line the track

[Chorus 3]
Oh when love come tumblin' down
Oh when love come tumblin' down
Oh when love come tumblin'

[Verse 5]
Poor boy sweating in the hot summer night
Hangman waitin' for the early morning light
Singing hey boy don't you line the track a lack a

[Chorus 1]
O boy don't you line the track
O boy don't you line the track a lack a
O boy don't you line the track

[Chorus 2]
If I could, I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses done stood
Singing o boy don't you line the track a lack a
O boy don't you line the track

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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