Released: May 3, 1976
Songwriter: Joe Perry Steven Tyler
Producer: Aerosmith Jack Douglas
[Verse 1]
I'm going under, rats are in the cellar
Going under, skin's turning yellow
Nose is runny, losing my connection
Losing money, getting no affection
[Chorus]
New York City blues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you
Can believe
That you're wearing
Tearing me apart
[Verse 2]
I'm safe complaining, because everything's rotten
Goin' insanin', and everything's forgotten
Feeling cozy, rats are in the cellar
Cheeks are rosy, skin's turning yellow
Loose and soggy, looking rather lazy
See my body, pushing up a-daisies
[Chorus]
New York City's dues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you
Can believe
That you're wearing
Tearing me apart
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
New York City blues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you
Can believe
That you're wearing
Tearing me apart
[Outro]
I'm going under, rats are in the cellar
Going under, skin's turning yellow
Nose is runny, losing my connection
Losing money, getting no affection
[Chorus]
New York City blues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you
Can believe
That you're wearing
Tearing me apart
[Verse 2]
I'm safe complaining, because everything's rotten
Goin' insanin', and everything's forgotten
Feeling cozy, rats are in the cellar
Cheeks are rosy, skin's turning yellow
Loose and soggy, looking rather lazy
See my body, pushing up a-daisies
[Chorus]
New York City's dues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you
Can believe
That you're wearing
Tearing me apart
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
New York City blues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you
Can believe
That you're wearing
Tearing me apart
[Outro]
- Rocks (1976)
- Gems (1988)
- Pandora’s Box (1991)
- I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing
- Dream On
- Cryin’
- Walk This Way
- Crazy
- Sweet Emotion
- Amazing
- Janie’s Got a Gun
- Love in an Elevator
- Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
- Pink
- Jaded
- Angel
- Livin’ on the Edge
- Rag Doll
- What It Takes
- Last Child
- Big Ten Inch Record
- Eat the Rich
- Mama Kin
- Back in the Saddle
- Fly Away from Here
- Falling in Love (Is Hard on the Knees)
- The Other Side