Aerosmith

Released: September 12, 1989

Songwriter: Brad Whitford Steven Tyler

Producer: Bruce Fairbairn

[Intro/Hoodoo]
Sired by a shaman, I was left as a child
Dragged from the cradle, I was weaned in the wild
Ran with the wolfpack, flesh torn to shreds
In the compensations[?], I was left there for dead

[Verse 1]
Read it in the paper, it ain't fair
You-know-who today don't seem to care
Living, loving, getting loose
Masturbating with a noose
Now someone's kicking out the chair

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]
Some kind of Voodoo
Come across this land
Some kind of Voodoo
We need a medicine man

[Verse 2]
Everybody's lookin' at the sky
I don't believe the cover ups and lies, yeah
They've been telling us since birth
Pissing off old Mother Earth
My gones are by-gones prophesized

Come on

[Chorus]
Some kind of Voodoo
Come across this land
Some kind of hoodoo
We need a medicine man
Yeah[repeat] oooh oohoo

Get ready!
[Tyler ad-libs]
Huh Huh!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, oh, oh, oh

[Verse 3]
Wonder should I go or should I stay
'Cause what we got ain't working any way
I did my best, God knows I've tried
I feel like I've been crucified
Why did you, why did you
Why did you take it all away?

[More ad-libs]

[Outro]
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man
Voodoo, Voodoo, Medicine Man

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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