Aerosmith Fan Club

1. Toys In the Attic

2. Uncle Salty

3. Adam’s Apple

4. Walk This Way

5. Big Ten Inch Record

6. Sweet Emotion

7. No More No More

8. Round and Round

9. You See Me Crying

Toys In The Attic

In the attic lies

Voices scream

Nothing’s seen

Real’s the dream

Leaving the things that are real behind

Leaving the things that you love from mind

All of the things you learned from fears

Nothing is left for the years

Voices scream

Nothing’s seen

Real’s the dream

(Chorus)

Toys, toys, Toys In The Attic

Toys, toys, Toys In The Attic

Toys, toys, Toys In The Attic

Toys, toys, Toys In The Attic

In the attic lies

Voices scream

Nothing’s seen

Real’s the dream

Leaving the things that are real behind

Leaving the things that you love from mind

All of the things you learned from fears

Nothing is left for the years

Voices scream

Nothing’s seen

Real’s the dream

(Repeat Chorus) (yayayayayayayow!)

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2. Uncle Salty

Uncle Salty told me

Stories of the lonely

Baby, we can only come alive to me

Her man he was lusted

Daddy he was busted

They left her to be trusted

To the orphanage

But when she cried at night

No one cared

And when she cried at night

Went insane

Uncle Salty told me

When she was just a baby

That she could buy a maybe

Someday she’d see

Soon she found that money

Is love for all the others

The pushers and the shovers

Was the life to me

But when she cried at night

No one cared

And when she cried at night

Went insane

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, oh yeah

Oh, oh yeah

Now she’s doin’ many

For money and the penny

Sell her for a penny or two or three

Hers is the cunnin’

For men that come a runnin’

They all come for fun and it seems to me

That when she cried at night

No one cared

And when she cried at night

Went insane

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

Oh, it’s a sunny day outside my window

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3. Adam’s Apple

Back when Cane was able

Way before the stable

Lightning shot right out from the sky

A mothership with fith said

Let’s give it a try

Conscience was related

Man, he was created

Lady Luck took him by surprise

Her sweet and bitter fruit

It surely opened his eyes

Well, she ate it

Lordy, it was love at first bite

Well, she ate it

Never knowin’ wrong for right, right, right, right

Even Eve in Eden

Voices tried deceivin’

With lies to show the lady the way

At first she stopped and turned

And tried to walk away

Man, he was believer

Lady was deceiver

So the story goes, but you see

The snake was he and she just climbed right up his tree

So, she ate it

Lordy, it was love at first bite

She ate it

Never knowin’ wrong for right, right, right

Science was related

Man, he was created

When Lady Luck took him by surprise

Her sweet and bitter fruits

Surely opened his eyes

Evil came like rain

And who knows who’s to blame

And something tried to lay her to waste

And all she want to need was just a little taste

So, she ate it

Lordy, it was love at first bite

Yeah, She ate it

Never knowin’ wrong for right, right, right, right

Well, she ate it

Lordy, it was love at first bite

Yeah, she ate it

never knowing wrong from right, right,

Well that’s right

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4. Walk This Way

Backstroke lover always hidin’ ‘neath the cover

Gonna talk to ya my daddy he say

He said “You ain’t seen noting

Till you’re down on a muffin

Then you’re sure to be a-changin’ your ways”

I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder

All the times I can reminisce

‘Cause the best thing lovin’

With her sister and her cousin

Only started with a little kiss, like this

See-saw swingin’ with the boys in the school

And your feet flyin’ up in the air

Singin’ hey diddle-diddle with the kitty in the middle

Of a swing like you didn’t care

So I took a big chance at the high school dance

With a missy who was ready to play

Was a me she was foolin’

‘Cause she knew what she was doin’

And I know her love was here to stay

When she told me to

Walk this way, walk this way

Walk this way, walk this way

Ah, just give me a kiss – like this

School girl skinny with the classy kinda sassy

Little skirt’s climbing way up her knees

There was three young ladies in the school gym locker

When I noticed they was lookin’ at me

I was a high school loser

Never made it with a lady

Till the boys told me something I missed

Then my next door neighbor

With a daughter had a favor

So I gave her just a little kiss, like this

See-saw swingin’ with the boys in the school

And your feet flyin’ up in the air

Singin’ hey diddle-diddle with the kitty in the middle

Of a swing like you didn’t care

So I took a big chance at the high school dance

With a missy who was ready to play

Was a me she was foolin’

‘Cause she knew what she was doin’

When she told me how to Walk This Way

She told me to

Walk this way, talk this way

Walk this way, walk this way

Walk this way, walk this way

Walk this way, talk this way

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5. Big Ten Inch Record

Got me the strangest woman

Believe it, this chick’s no cinch

When I wanna get her goin’

Then I whip out my Big Ten Inch

Record of the band that plays the blues

Well the band that plays the blues

She just loved my Big Ten Inch

Record of her favorite blues

Last night I tried to tease her

I gave my love a little pinch

But she said now stop that jivin

and whip out your big ten-inch

Record of the band that plays the blues

Well the band that plays the blues

She just loved my Big Ten Inch

Record of her favorite blues

I’ll cover her with kisses

and when we’re in a lover’s clinch

she gets all excited

when she puts on my big ten-inch

Record of the band that plays the blues

Well the band that plays the blues

She just loved my Big Ten Inch

Record of her favorite blues

My gal don’t go smokin’

and liquor just makes her flinch

Seems she don’t go for nothin’

‘cept for my big ten-inch

Record of the band that plays the blues

Band that plays the blues

She just loved my Big Ten Inch

Record of her favorite blues

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6. Sweet Emotion

Sweet Emotion

Sweet Emotion

You talk about things that nobody cares

You’re wearing out things that nobody wears

You calling my name but I gotta make clear

I can’t say baby where I’ll be in a year

Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent

Said my get up and go must a got up and went

Well I got good news, she’s a real good liar

‘Cause the backstage boogie set your pants on fire

Sweet Emotion

Sweet Emotion

I pulled into town in a police car

Your daddy said I took you just a little to far

You’re telling me things but your girlfriend lied

You can’t catch me ’cause the rabbit gone died

Yes it is

You stand in the front just a shakin’ your ass

I’ll take you backstage, you can drink from my glass

I talk about something you can sure understand

‘Cause a month on the road an’ I’ll be eating from your hand

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7. No More No More

Blood stains the ivorys

Of my Daddy’s baby grand

I aint’ seen no daylight

Since we started this band

No More, No More

No More, No More

Store bought clothes

Fallin’ apart at the seams

Tea leaf readin’ gypsies

Fortune tellin’ my dreams

No More, No More

No More, No More

Holiday Inns, lock the door with a chain

You love it than you hate it

But to me they’re all the same

No More, No More

No More, No More

Baby I’m a dreamer

Found my horse and carriage

Stalemate jailbait

Ladies can’t refuse

You love ‘em then you leave ‘em

With your sold out reviews

No More, No More

No More, No More

Sweet talkin’ barroom, ladies disease

Slippin’ with her lips

Slidin’ down your knees

No More, No More

No More, No More

Me and my life a screamer

Bound to a wife and marriage

Baby, I’m a dreamer

Found my horse and carriage

Ladies hold the aces

And their lovers call it passion

The men call it pleasure

But to me it’s old fashioned

Times they are a-changin

Nothin’ ever stands still

If I don’t stop a-changin

I’ll be writin’ out my will

It’s the same old story

Never get a second chance

For a dance to the top of the hill

Baby I’m a dreamer

Found my horse and carriage

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8. Round And Round

If you believe in me

Like I believe in you

You wouldn’t be tellin’ me things

That weren’t exactly true

Now everything changes

Ain’t got nothing to say

I’m having the strangest feeling, baby

I can’t remember my name

‘Cause the life I’ve been livin’

And the love I’ve been givin’

Will be sure to send you spinnin’

With your feet never touching the ground

Goin’ round n’ round

When it was one for all

And it was all for one

And everything that we did

Never bothered anyone

Now everything changes

Ain’t nothing the same

I’m having the strangest feeling, baby

I can’t remember my name

‘Cause the life I’ve been livin’

And the love I’ve been givin’

Will be sure to send you spinnin’

With your feet never touching the ground

Goin’ round n’ round

Can you remember the days

When you were sweet sixteen

And always followed the ways

Of someone elses dream

Now everything changes

Ain’t nothing the same

I’m having the strangest feeling, baby

I can’t remember my name

‘Cause the life I’ve been livin’

And the love I’ve been givin’

Will be sure to send you spinnin’

With your feet never touching the ground

Goin’ round n’ round

Goin’ round n’ round n’ round n’ round….

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9. You See Me Crying

You See Me Crying

Don’t let it get you down

You See Me Crying

I’m back to the lost and found

Honey, what you done to your head

Honey, what’s the words that I said

Honey, what you done to your head

Honey, what’s the words that I said

You See Me Crying

Say you a ladies man

You See Me Crying

I’m so hard to understand

Honey, what you done to your head

Honey, what’s the words that I said

Honey, what you done to your head

Honey, what’s the words that I said

You See Me Crying

Please say you stick around

And I got to be your lover, honey

Lovin’ time after time

And I show everything around

And I never ever let you down

‘Cause my love is like a madder round

Honey, what you done to your head

Honey, what’s the words that I said

Honey, what you done to your head

Honey, what’s the words that I said

1.  Beyond Beautiful

2. Just Push Play

3. Jaded

4. Fly Away From Here

5. Trip Hoppin’

6. Sunshine

7. Under My Skin

8. Luv Lies

9. Outta Your Head

10. Drop Dead Gorgeous

11. Light Inside

12. Avant Garden

Beyond Beautiful

You gave up the love you got

and that is that

she loves me now

she loves you not

and that’s where it’s at

just when you thought

your love was deep

it’s finders keepers

losers weep

Love my Love my

Love du jour

sheza mine all mine

my mind’s made up

yeah I’m so sure

cuz there’s none so fine

this ain’t about

no losin’ sleep

it’s all about

the love you keep

yeah she’s a beyond beautiful

yeah she’s never been no body’s

fool that you be stuck with

yeah it’s all about me and you

believe it or not

this love that we got

is beyond beautiful

full on lust to full on love without no clue

and all i was so unsure of and then came you

into my life it served me right

nobody ever did it quite like you

yeah she’s a beyond beautiful

yeah she’s never been

no body’s fool

that you be stuck with

yeah it’s all about me and you

believe it or not

this love that we got

is beyond beautiful

yeah she’s a beyond beautiful

yeah she’s never been no body’s fool you can fuck with

yeah it’s all about me and you

believe it or not

yeah what we got

is beyond beautiful
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2.  Just Push Play

she gave you a flower

the one that God gave her

you all up in de kool-aid

but you do not know de flavor

get into the zone baybee

and do yourself a favor

head down spin around

get a little refried

if that don’t get it you can

ketch it on the b side

just push play

FNA

just push play

they’re gonna bleep it anyway

just push play

FNA

Just push play

we’re comin’ at you anyway

sweet leaf dreamer you been

smokin’ up the ganja

damned if you do yeah

but don’t get any on ya

kickin’ off the cashmere

puttin’ on the kasbah

it’s a kiss, a diss

and trade it 4 a coo hah

just push play

FNA

just push play

they’re gonna bleep it anyway

just push play

FNA

just push play

we’re comin’ at you anyway

instead of growin’ old

all dapper and neat

I’m gonna grow my hair

right down to my feet

it’s you and me baby

no pimp daddy jack

it’s cadillac wack no cadillac wack it anyway

just push play

FNA

just push play

we’re comin’ at you anyway

FNA

they’re gonna bleep it anyway

walk this way

we’re comin’ at you anyway

just push play

FNA

just push play

they’re gonna bleep it anyway

s’il vous plait

FNA

just push play

we’re comin’ at you anyway (voicing in jamaican patois)

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3.  Jaded

Hey…Jjjjaded.

You got your mama’s style but your yesterday’s child to me

So jaded

You think that’s where it’s at but is that where it’s sposta be

You’re gettin it all over me

ex-er-ated

My my baby blue

I’ve Been Thinking bout you, my my baby blue

yeah you’re so jaded

And I’m the one that Jaded you

Hey jjjaded

In all its misery, it will always be what I loved

And hated, and maybe take a ride to the other side we’re thinking of

We’ll slip into the velvet glove, and be Jaded

My my baby blue

I’ve been thinking about you, my my baby blue

I’m so Jaded

And baby I’m afraid of you

You’re thinking so complicated

I’ve had it all up to here

but it’s so overrated, love and hate it, wouldn’t trade it, love me jaded

Hey, Jjjaded

There ain’t no baby please when I’m shooting the breeze with her

When everything you see is a blur

And ex-ta-ceez is what you prefer

My my baby blue…blue…blue

I’ve Been Talking ’bout you

My my baby blue..blue…blue

Yeah I’ve been thinking about you

My my baby blue

Yeah you’re so Jaded, Haven, Jaded, You’re so Jaded

Cause I’m the one who Jaded you.

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4.  Fly Away From Here

gotta find a way

yeah, i can’t wait another day

ain’t nothin’ gonna change

if we stay ’round here

gotta do what it takes

cuz it’s all in our hands

we all make mistakes

yeah, but it’s never too late

to start again, take another breath

and say another prayer

and fly away from here

anywhere, yeah i don’t care

we’ll just fly away from here

our hopes and dreams are

out there somewhere

won’t let time pass us by

we’ll just fly

if this life gets any harder now

it ain’t, no, never mind

you got me by your side

and any time you want

yeah, we can catch a train and

find a better place

yeah, cuz we won’t let nothin’

or no one keep gettin’ us down

maybe you and i

can pack out bags and hit the sky

and fly away from here

anywhere, yeah i don’t care

we’ll just fly away from here

our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere

won’t let time pass us by

we’ll just fly

do you see a bluer sky now?

you can have a better life now

open your eyes

cuz no one here can ever stop us

they can try but we won’t let them

no way

maybe you and i

can pack our bags and say goodbye

and fly away from here

anywhere, honey i don’t care

we’ll just fly away from here

our hopes and dreams are out there somewhere

fly away from here

yeah anywhere honey

i don’t i don’t i don’t care

we’ll just fly

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5.  Trip Hoppin’

i got a wild thing 4 you

we’re talkin’ hoops you got me jumpin’ through

you got those lemon drop martini eyes

and if karma suits you

cross the line

into another place and time

tell me how pretty she is when she turns the colors of the

rainbow

one more day with you

trip hoppin’

one more night with you

no stoppin’

ain’t no smokin’ fantasy

cuz lovin’ you is trippin’ to me

you got me psychodelisized

you got my situation bone-a-fide

it took a sunset to get me to see

that all i really needed was your love

to yeah forever shine on me

promise promiscuities is like waiting for your ex-to-see that

one more day with you

trip hoppin’

one more night with you

no stoppin’

get my way with you

trip hoppin’

in my kaleidoscope i’m lookin’ through

my only color was a neon blue

i was hanging on to yesterday

and now the only way out is through

one more night with you

one more day won’t do

how beyond the rainbow is my

laying on your emerald pillow

one more day with you

trip hoppin’

one more night with you

no stoppin’

ain’t no smokin’ fantasy cause lovin’ you is trippin’ to me

one more day with you

trip hoppin’

one more night with you

no stoppin

get my way with you

trip hoppin’

one more day with you

trip hoppin’

one more night with you

one more day won’t do

one more night with you

one more day won’t do

one more night with you

one more day won’t do

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6.  Sunshine

I sold my soul for a one night stand

I followed Alice into Wonderland

I ate the mushroom and I danced with the queen

Yeah we danced in between all the lines

I followed daylight right into the dark

Took to the Hatter like a walk in the park

But then I met her yeah she felt so right

No child of the night yeah was she

They called her sunshine

The kind that everybody knows

Yeah yeah

Sunshine

She finer than a painted rose

Yeah yeah

Sunshine yeah

Her kind of love’s what I adore

What kind of trouble am I in for

My kind of heaven lies at hell’s back door

And I got more than I need

Cuz I need sunshine

The kind that everybody knows

Yeah yeah

My sunshine

She finer than a painted rose

Yeah yeah

Sunshine yeah

I got the karma but it don’t come free

I’ll chase that rabbit up her bodi tree

The caterpillar’s tryin’ to cop a plea

But the smoke ain’t got nothin’ on me

Ya gotta have my sunshine

The kind that everybody knows

Yeah yeah My sunshine

She finer than a painted rose

Yeah yeah

She’s sunshine

The kind that everybody knows

Yeah yeah

Sunshine

She finer than a painted rose

Yeah yeah

Sunshine

Sunshine yeah

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7.  Under My Skin

You breathe I breathe you in

I like a lot where you been

I make you break the rule

You got e-rot-tickle cool

Give a little bit

Get a little bit

Take it for a ride yeah

When you push love so far away

It eats you up inside

There’s a girl living under my skin

And there’s this girl and she’s wearing me thin

And I think she’s the reason

That it’s open broken hearted season

There’s a girl

There’s a girl

I know you know you are

You are the ooh in la la

Blow a little kiss

Know a little bliss

Get a little high yeah

And I can’t get you out of me

Cuz you’re too deep inside

There’s a girl living under my skin

There’s this girl and she’s wearing me thin

And I think she’s the reason

That’s it’s open broken hearted season

You could spend your whole lifetime

(Under my skin)

You could be never more mine

(Under my skin)

There’s a girl there’s a girl

There’s a girl there’s a girl

Get a little bit

give a little bit

get a little high yeah

When you push love so far away

It eats you up inside

There’s a girl living under my skin

There’s this girl and she’s wearing me thin

And I think she’s the reason

That it’s open broken hearted season

There’s a girl there’s a girl

ya ya ya ya

There’s a girl there’s a girl

ya ya ya ya

And I think she’s the reason

That it’s open broken hearted season

There’s a girl there’s a girl

ya ya ya ya

There’s a girl there’s a girl

ya ya ya ya

There’s a girl there’s a girl

ya ya ya ya

There’e a girl there’s a girl

ya ya ya ya

There’s a girl there’s a girl

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8.  Luv Lies

oh when you cross that line

that you know you can’t erase

to fall in lust not luv

ain’t no sin at all

and tell me when you’re with

you’re best friend’s friend

do you still feel out of place?

no thanks I took that ride

God only knows I’ve tried believin’

I imagine everyone sometimes

will cross their heart and

hope to die

to tell i luv you lies

i imagine everyone survives

for giving up all that you got

to tell i luv you lies

the first time you

look for luv

you find you don’t know jack

so much for mind games

you play to win

cuz first you lose

your heart’s desire

then you get it back

but ignorance ain’t bliss

there’s so much more behind the

kiss i’m feelin’

i imagine everyone sometimes

will cross their heart and

hope to die

to tell i luv you lies

i imagine everyone survives

for giving up all that you got

to tell i luv you lies

when loneliness and paranoia

feeds me

God help the person who needs me

if ignorance is bliss

then take me off the list

i’m leaving

i imagine everyone sometimes

will cross their heart and

hope to die

to tell i luv you lies

i imagine everyone survives

for giving up all that you got

to tell i luv you lies

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9.  Outta Your Head

all the way back in history

how a girl thinks is a mystery

we spend our lives

cruising the bars

the venus girls and

the men from mars

so in all this time did you ever think

do the girl see red

when a man sees pink

and if your best lovin’s in the past

cuz your somewhere slow

is nowhere fast

you’re outta your head

so outta your head

stay outta your head

you better get with it

cuz you’re so without it

you’re outta your head

so outta your head

stay outta your head

yeah, yeah

somewhere, somewhere underneath the rainbow

bricka braka fiya kraka

sis boom-bah!

here comes trouble

in a push up bra

your style is sharp as carpet tack

but you’re out of your box and you’re way off track

you can moderate on

a mental binge

your catastrophe’s

on a lunatic fringe

it’s good for the gander

it’s tit for tat

you say it’s all good

but it’s more than that

you’re outta your head

so outta your head

stay outta your head

you better get with it

cuz you’re so without it

you’re outta your head

so outta your head

stay outta your head

yeah, yeah

somewhere, somewhere underneath the rainbow

you’re outta your head

so outta your head

stay outta your head

you better get with it

cuz you’re so without it

you’re outta your head

so outta your head

stay outta your head

yeah, yeah

somewhere, somewhere underneath a rainbow

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10.  Drop Dead Gorgeous

totally out of control

she owns me

i didn’t know that

she’d know

she stoned me

i think i’ve got it bad

and i can’t let it go

i thought i knew me much better

autumn & cashmere

all orange and green

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

creme de gardenia

and black vaseline

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

it’s so not fair

completely inside my head

imagine pretending

she’s the book that i’ve read

with a beautiful ending

it really drives me mad

i can’t leave her alone

cuz i won’t let me forget her

rose colored glasses

you know what that sez

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

her sweet molass’ is all mine

pasque frez

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

totally out of control

she owns me

sweet almond eyes

just to see and b seen

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

she’s tasting like cherries

sweet love’s grenadine

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

makes love like a rabbit

to my velveteen

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

a ten with a smile

like a young norma jean

she’s naturally

drop dead gorgeous

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11.  Light Inside

boo-ya

there’s a place in the way outis sphere

do ya

want to burn the midnight oil?

does it fool ya

when you think there’s no way

out of here

let it pull ya

from the outside to within

the light inside is burning bright

the light makes everything all right

the light inside is burning bright

the light inside oh yeah alright

may i

introduce you to my point of view?

me, i

wanna get under your skin

i wanna thank you

for the pleasure that i get from you

i wanna drag you from the outside to within

the light inside is burning bright

the light makes everything all right

the light inside is burning bright

the light inside oh yeah alright

the light inside is burning bright

the light makes everything all right

the light inside is burning bright

the light inside oh yeah alright

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12.  Avant Garden

I had a friend

who spoke of fate

and he knew of another place

in space and time

he told of how me and my lady

could look

but we would never find

said if you please

i beg your pardon

sometimes the things you see

they just ain’t so

your life can be

an avant garden

cause love’s what makes

your garden grow

the sun leads the way

the moon lights the sky

i c u and i

lying in my avant garden

i dream of the day

when our worlds collide

we won’t be denied

here inside r

avant garden

sometimes my life

ain’t what it’s seemin’

right from the start it’s what your heart’s believin’

could all this just be

lucid dreamin’

but dreams just ain’t

enough for me

the sun leads the way

the moon lights the sky

i c u and i

lying in my avant garden

i dream of the day

when our worlds collide

we won’t be denied

here inside r avant garden

you know it just ain’t right

to deal with other’s shite

no one should ever b

so broken hearted

don’t never b afraid

cause when you got it made

yeah u don’t even have 2 try

so i’ll be waiting in your garden

watching all your flowers grow

the sun leads the way

the moon lights the sky

i c u and i

lying in my avant garden

i dream of the day

when our worlds collide

you’ll know we’ve arrived

here inside r avant garden

the sun brings the rain

the moon needs the sky

i c u and i

lying in my avant garden

beware of the lies

a word to the wise

there’s sweet cherry pies

and truth inside r avant garden

Once Aerosmith was formed and their group members finalized in 1971, they began playing local shows and garnered some attention from talent scouts who were on the lookout for the next great band.  Aerosmith were booked through the Ed Malhoit Agency, and would later sign a promo deal with Frank Connelly.  Aerosmith’s signing with Frank Connelly would prove to be the turning point in the band’s career.  It wasn’t too long before the band signed on with David Krebs and Steve Leber.  The pair  invited Columbia Records to see Aerosmith perform live at Max’s Kansas City Club in New York City.  Aerosmith however, wasn’t  scheduled to play at the club on the night that Columbia Records were there and the group had to pay there way onto the bill.  That decision was probably the best decision in Aerosmith’s early years.  Columbia Records were very impressed with the band and signed them in 1972 for a reported $125,000.  A year later, Aerosmith released their self titled debut album ‘Aerosmith’.

Aerosmith’s sound of hard rock with blues influences was very appealing to the generation of music fans, and thus the band had an instant following.

Their debut album peaked on the charts at 166, with the song ‘Dream On’ claiming top spot at #59.

The album initially hit gold status, but over a ten year period Aerosmith’s debut album went on to sell 2 million copies, turning their gold record into a double platinum.

In 1974, Aerosmith released their second album titled “Get Your Wings”.  Get Your Wings was the first of many Aerosmith albums produced by Jack Douglas to  reach platinum status.

In 1975 Aerosmith took their local success to the international stage with their ‘Toys in the Attic’ album.  This album would ultimately put them on the same stage as the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones.

Toys in the Attic’s Sweet Emotion song was very successful.  It was the band’s first top 40 hit, and ‘Walk this Way’ was re-released in 1976 and reached top 10 on the charts.

Then there was “Big Ten Inch Record” which was a song originally recorded by Bull Moose Jackson.  This song would go one to become concert must plays.  Because of the song’s success, Aerosmith’s previous albums re-charted.  The albums popularity spawned a concert tour for the band.  This album and tour was the start or Aerosmith superstardum. It was also during this time that Aerosmith laid down their foundation in Waltham Massachusetts.  The Wherehouse” as it was known was everything Aerosmith.  This was where the band would rehearse and record their music, as well as conduct business.

Toys in the Attic went on to become Aerosmith’s best selling studio album with recorded U.S.A. sales of eight millions copies.

In 1969, Yonkers New York native, Steven Tyler was vacationing in Sunapee, New Hampshire.  There, he met a dishwasher at the Anchorage in Sunapee Harbor by the name of Joe Perry, who at the time,  was playing in a band called the Jam Band with bassist Tom Hamilton and drummer, David Scott. Steven Tyler who was a drummer/vocalist in many unsuccessful bands such as The Chain, Fox Chase and William Proud, hit it off with Joe Perry and soon after their first meeting in New Hampshire, Aerosmith was born.

In September of 1970, Joe Perry and Tom Hamilton moved to Boston, Massachusetts, where  they met up with another Yonkers native who was an acquaintance and admirer of Steven Tyler, Joey Kramer.

Joey Kramer was studying music at Berklee College of Music at the time, but decided to quit his studies and solely focus on his impending music career.  One month later, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton and Joey Kramer got together with Steven Tyler, and Aerosmith was born.

Joey Kramer suggested the name Aerosmith for the band because it was a name that he had continuously written in his notebooks while in high School.  The name was not a hit with  the rest of the band members  at first because it reminded them of the book Arrowsmith which they were forced to read in high school.  Joey Kramer told them that it would be spelled AEROSMITH, not Arrowsmith.  The band members all agreed on the name Aerosmith, and the group began making plans for their music careers.

Soon after the foursome branded their band Aerosmith, they added another member to the group.  Ray Tabano was a childhood friend of Steven Tyler and guitar player.  He played rhythm guitar.

Aerosmith began playing local gigs in 1971, but Ray Tabano did not fit into the band and was replaced by another Berklee School of Music student, Brad Whitford.

Shortly after Aerosmith began playing local shows in Boston, a following began to occur.  In  1972 Aerosmith’s big break came by the way of a record deal.  They were signed by Columbia Records, and thus began their journey into the music world.

In 1973, Aerosmith released their first debut album called, Aerosmith, but it wasn’t until 1975 that Aerosmith broke into the mainstream music scene, with their Toys in the Attic album.  They followed with another successful album in 1976 called Rocks.  Rocks was extremely successful and Aerosmith were branded as the Superstars of hard rock.

In just a few years, Aerosmith went from complete obscurity, to becoming one of the best and most recognized hard rock bands in the world.

Their fame and fortune also brought an array of problems with drug addiction which led to the departure of Joe Perry in 1979 and Whitford in 1981.  The pair were replaced by Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay.  The band wasn’t the same however, and Aerosmith would only release one album during the period of 1980 to 1984.  Rock in a Hard Place went gold but did not equal the success of Aerosmith’s previous albums.

In 1984, Joe Perry and Whitford rejoined Aerosmith who signed on with Geffen Records.  Although a new label signaled a new beginning, it wasn’t until 1987, after the band had become sober, that they once again reached star status.

In 1987, Aerosmith released their album, Permanent Vacation which was a huge hit.  They followed with another successful album named Pump in 1989.  In 1993, Aerosmith released Get a Grip which was a huge success.

The Band has been together for 39 years and are still going strong.