Aerosmith

Released: August 1, 1982

Songwriter: Jack Douglas Jimmy Crespo Steven Tyler

Producer: Tony Bongiovi Jack Douglas Steven Tyler

[Verse 1]
It was a take it or a leave it
Kind a Saturday night
I wish I could love you til the cows come home
Make it right
If it's a make-believe I say it ain't
And tell you then
Because if it's a dream I'm in, please wake me up
And smile again

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, close your eyes and what do you see
Ooh, look what in hell they did with your only belief

[Chorus]
She was a real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat

[Verse 2]
Said it was in and out and up and down the urching moon
Only a certain situation on the sea I'm who
Putting the ring around the rose n' pull the daisy chain
Cover your head and tell me you ain't from there and back again

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, close your eyes what do you see
Ooh, nothing but how you will live with your only belief in me

[Chorus]
She was a real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Give a good one I want to be or not to be tonight
Why should I hold her down in bed when you should ride me right
Want you to give it all you got, no need to make amends
Cover your little mouth come up for air
I got the bends

[Pre-Chorus]
Ooh, close your eyes and what do you see
Ooh, nothing but how you will live with your only belief in me

[Chorus]
She was a real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat
A real top manner
Lies and no conniver
Heart pumping floozy
Late night driver
Her second-hand clothes
Smiling like a Cheshire cat

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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