20 of their best for the beginning player, including: Amazing (It’s Amazing) * Angel * Back In The Saddle * Blind Man * Crazy * Cryin’ * Draw The Line * Dream On * Dude (Looks Like A Lady) * Janie’s Got A Gun * Kings & Queens * Last Child * Livin’ On The Edge * Love In An Elevator * Rag Doll * Same Old Song And Dance * Sweet Emotion * Walk On Water * Walk This Way * What It Takes
Aerosmith began this summer’s concert tour on June 10 in Maryland Heights, Missouri. The opening concert was delayed due to severe weather which included intense lightening strikes. The concert was being played outdoors to 16,000 people, and police feared for the safety of the spectators and band members and therefore halted the start of the concert, but “3 Doors Down” opened the concert before their scheduled time and did complete it early.
Many people did leave during the delay, but the Act did finally get underway.
Aerosmith performed 16 songs, including the classic Toys in the Attic album in it’s entirety.
ZZ Top will join the band on June 16.
The concert:
“Monkey On My Back”
“Cryin’”
“Love In An Elevator”
“Dream On”
“Combination”
“Toys In The Attic”
“Uncle Salty”
“Adam’s Apple”
“Walk This Way”
“Big Ten Inch Record”
“Sweet Emotion”
“No More No More”
“Round And Round”
“Livin’ On The Edge”
“Draw The Line”
Encore:
“Train Kept A Rollin’”
Complete lyrics for Aerosmith’s Get A Grip Album.
1. Intro Instrumental
2. Eat the Rich
3. Get a Grip
4. Fever
5. Livin’ On the Edge
6. Flesh
7. Walk On Down
8. Shut Up and Dance
9. Cryin’
10. Gotta Love It
11. Crazy
12. Line Up
13. Amazing
14. Boogieman instrumental
2. Eat The Rich
Well I woke up this morning
On the wrong side of the bed
And how I got to thinkin’
About all the things you said
About ordinary people
And how they make you sick
And if callin’ names kicks back on you
Then I hope this does the trick
‘Cause I’m sick of your complainin’
About how many bills
And I’m sick of all your bitchin’
‘Bout your poodles and your pills
And I just can’t see no humor
About your way of life
And I think I can do more for you
With this here fork and knife
(Chorus)
Eat The Rich
There’s only one thing that they are good for
Eat The Rich
Take one bite now – come back for more
Eat The Rich
I gotta get this off my chest
Eat The Rich
Take one bite now – spit out the rest
So I called up my head shrinker
And I told him what I’d done
He said you best go on a diet
Yeah, I hope you have some fun
And a don’t go burst the bubble
On rich folks who get rude
‘Cause you won’t get in no trouble
When you eats that kinda food
Now they’re smokin’ up their junk bonds
And then they go get stiff
And they’re dancin’ in the yacht club
With Muff and uncle Biff
But there’s one good thing that happens
When you toss your pearls to swine
Their attitudes may taste like shit
But go real good with wine
Chorus
Believe in all the good things
That money just can’t buy
Then you won’t get no bellyache
From eatin’ humble pie
I believe in rags to riches
Your inheritance won’t last
So take your Gray Poupon my friend
And shove it up your ass
Chorus
Eat The Rich
There’s only one thing that they are good for
Eat The Rich
Take one bite now – come back for more
Eat The Rich
Don’t stop me now, I’m goin’ crazy
Eat The Rich
That’s my idea of a good time baby
3. Get A Grip
Gotta get a grip
Skin and bones it ain’t such a pity
If you think I’m vain, better shut ya lip
I can’t explain how to be a fat city
You gotta live large, gotta let it rip
Skin and bones it ain’t such a pity
Don’t ya gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you’re livin in the city
If you wanna hang loose gotta get a grip
Once upon a crime I thought I was cool
But I don’t want to brag
Once I crossed the line
I think I musta zigged when I shoulda zagged
Chorus
Same old same old everyday
If things don’t change you’re just gonna rot
Cause if you do what you’ve always done
You’ll always get what you always got
Chorus
Who knows for sure yeah without a doubt
What goes on when the lights are out
Or who pulls in when I pull out
And what is a one-eyed trouser trout?
I was so short-sighted
Now the wrong been righted
I feel so delighted
I get so excited
Chorus
You wanna get high in a New York minute
Choke that smoke, honey crack the whip
Your head gets dead as long as you’re in it
You wanna hang loose gotta get a grip
4. Fever
I got a rip in my pants
And a hole in my brand new shoes
I got a Margarita nose
And a breath full of Mad Dog Booze
(Chorus)
I got the fever, fever, fever, fever
Yeah, they threw me outta jail
I tell ya it ain’t fair
I tried to kiss the judge
From the electrica’ chair
Yeah we’re all here
‘Cause we’re not all there tonight
The guitar’s cranked
And the bass man’s blown a fuse
And when the whole gang bangs
Tell me then what is your excuse?
(Chorus)
Fever gives you lust with an appetite
It hits you like the fangs
From a rattlesnake bite
Yeah we’re all here
‘Cause we’re not all there tonight
We can’t run away from trouble
There ain’t no place that far
But if we do it right at the speed of light
There’s the backseat of my car – caviar
I was feelin’ so high I forgot what day
Now I’m feeling low down
Even slow feels way to fast
And now the booze don’t work
‘Cause the drugs ran out of gas
(Chorus)
The buzz that you’re gettin’
From the crack don’t last
I’d rather be O.D.in’ on the crack of her ass
Yeah we’re all here
‘Cause we’re not all there tonight
My first time ever lover
We fell asleep out on the lawn
And when I woke up I was all alone
Making love to the crack of dawn
So yo, I beg yo pardon sir
The gangster of love rides again
You now I gotta chill
It gimme such a thrill
Like a burnin’ plague
Yeah get outta my way
Fever may be Hell and a cross to bear
As long as I’m in heaven, honey I don’t care
You look so good baby, look so fine
I tell you you’re the image of a perfect crime
You get so tired holdin’ on so tight
If you think you’re goin’ crazy
Well you may be right
Yeah we’re all here
‘Cause we’re not all there tonight
5. Livin On The Edge
There’s something wrong with the world today
I don’t know what it is
Something’s wrong with our eyes
We’re seeing things in a different way
And God knows it ain’t His
It sure ain’t no surprise
(YA!)
(Chorus)
We’re livin’ on the edge
We’re livin’ on the edge
We’re livin’ on the edge
We’re livin’ on the edge
There’s something wrong with the world today
The lightbulb’s gettin’ dim
There’s a meltdown in the sky
If you can judge a wise man
By the color of his skin
Then mister, you’re a better man than I
(Chorus)
Livin’ on the edge
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the edge
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the edge
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Livin’ on the edge
You can’t help yourself from fallin’
Tell me what you think about your situation
Complication – aggravation
Is getting to you
If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin’
Even if it wasn’t would you still come crawling
Back again – I bet you would my friend
Again & Again & Again & Again & Again
Tell me what you think about your situation
Complication – aggravation
Is getting to you
If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin’
Even if it wasn’t would you still come crawling
Back again – I bet you would my friend
Again & Again & Again & Again
Something right with the world today
And everybody knows it’s wrong
But we can tell ‘em no
Or we can let it go
But I would rather be a hanging on
(Chorus)
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
6. Flesh
The day rolls in, the night rolls out
Desire rules without a doubt
The heart beats fast, you salivate
And when you come, it won’t be late
I guess by now, you got the score
A little taste you want it more
From San Antone to Marrakesh
Yeah, when the night comes
Everybody’s gotta have Flesh
Flesh – the only thing that’s worth the sweat
From the day that Eve did Adam
Down to Romeo and Juliet
Everybody gotta have
The prince of lust has met his match
The witch has brewed her baddest batch
His sword is sharp and hard as stone
Her cauldron begs for one more bone
And so my love, this story’s told
From modern times to days of old
From Boston, Mass to Bangladesh
Yeah, when the night comes
Everybody’s gotta have Flesh
Flesh – It’s got me all soaking wet
from the Mississippi River
To the highest mountain in Tibet
Everybody gotta have
Flesh – you got me all soakin’ wet
Flesh – the only thing that’s worth the sweat
Flesh – you got me all soakin’ wet
Flesh – the only thing, the only thing, the only thing
From a Sufi in a Rickshaw
To a bimbo in a pink Corvette
Everybody gotta have
7. Walk On Down
You wonder why you got holes in your shoes
You wonder why they got more money than you
You wonder why you got nothin’ to lose
It makes no sense, don’t try to figure it out
You gotta – Walk On Down
Walk On Down – Walk On Down
When you’re shit outta luck
There’s just one thing to do and that’s
Walk On Down – Walk On Down – Walk On Down
When you’re shit outta luck
There’s just one thing to do and that’s
Yeah, huh
Well, she says that she loves you
In your mind there’s no doubt
You feel like a stranger
When the lights go out
As you lie there awake you think
‘This ain’t no gift’
Don’t try to figure
That weight’s to heavy to lift
You gotta – Walk On Down
Walk On Down – Walk On Down
When you’re shit outta luck
There’s just one thing to do and that’s
Walk On Down – Walk On Down
‘Cause I got no time to lose
It’s my life if I choose
Put on my walking shoes
Walk On Down – Walk On Down – Walk On Down
When you’re shit outta luck
There’s just one thing to do and that’s
Walk On Down – Walk On Down – Walk On Down
When you’re shit outta luck
There’s just one thing to do and that’s
Walk On Down
8. Shut Up and Dance
Talk is cheap, Shut Up And Dance
Don’t get deep, Shut Up And Dance
Love has got me down
A tear just hit the ground
So I started writing you this song
But the words I wrote came out all wrong
Yeah, but it’s all right
(Chorus)
When you can’t define the crime
The life ain’t worth a dime
When they take away everything you got
And they rub your nose in the funky spot
Not without a fight
(Chorus)
When you work your fingers to the bone
Now what does that get you – Nothing
In a crowd of people you’re still alone
And you hope that tells you – Something
The road to Heaven is paved in Hell
And it makes you wonder
Why we’re here at all
Check out the shape of your circumstance
He wears the dress and she wears the pants
Here comes Jill and she needs romance
But you can’t do jack so Shut Up And Dance
Sex is like a gun – You aim, you shoot, you run
When you’re splittin’ heads with Mr Clean
It’s like gettin’ head from a guillotine
And the night has just begun
Chorus
9. Cryin
There was a time
When I was so brokenhearted
Love wasn’t much of a friend of mine
The tables have turned, yeah
Cause me and them ways have parted
That kind of love was the killin kind
All I want is someone I can’t resist
I know all I need to know
By the way that you kiss
I was cryin when I met you
Now I’m tryin to forget you
Love is sweet misery
I was cryin just to get you
Now I’m dyin cause I let you
Do what you do down on me
Now there’s not even breathin room
Between pleasure and pain
Yeah, you cry when we’re makin love
Must be one and the same
It’s down on me
Yeah, I got to tell you one thing
It’s been on my mind
Girl, I gotta say
We’re partners in crime
You got that certain something
What you give to me
Takes my breath away
Now the word out on the street
Is the devil’s in your kiss
If our love goes up in flames
It’s a fire I can’t resist
I was cryin when I met you
Now I’m tryin to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin just to get you
Now I’m dyin cause I let you
Do what you do down on me
Cause what you got inside
Ain’t where your love should stay
Yeah, our love, sweet love, ain’t love
Til you give your heart away
I was cryin when I met you
Now I’m tryin to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin just to get you
Now I’m dyin cause I let you
Do what you do what you do down to me
10. Gotta Love It
Psychedelic Sandwich
Any way you can feel it
You shouldn’t try to conceal it baby
You got to make up your mind
Any way I can steal it
Any way you can deal it to me
You know the pleasure’s all mine
(Chorus)
You gotta love it
You better own it
You gotta love it
And God knows it
You gotta shut uh shove it
I’m gonna make things happen
Goin’ round n’ round n’ round…
That’s Right!
I wanna say you’re a firecracker
I wanna say you’re a switchblade knife
You make your sex a career
Comin’ down from an all night tripper
Pull your foot from the ruby slipper
‘Cause you can’t get it from here
(Chorus)
Goin’ round n’ round n’ round n’ round….
I got this feeling deep inside my love
Overwhelming feeling but I know not what
One thing’s for sure I ain’t got time for those
Who can’t relate
You gotta learn to love the midnight madness
You gotta revel in the good and badness
If Yin n’ Yang is your thing
What I gotta do to try and reach ya
Is it for real or just a double feature
So let’s go throw the I Ching
Chorus
11. Crazy
Come here baby
You know you drive me up the wall
The way you make good for all the nasty tricks you pull
Seems like we’re makin’ up more than we’re makin’ love
And it always seems you’ve got something on your mind
Other than me
Girl, you gotta change your crazy ways – you hear me
Say you’re leavin’ on the seven thirty train
And that you’re heading out to Hollywood
Girl, you’ve been givin’ me that line so many times
It kinda gets that feelin’ bad looks good
That kinda lovin’ turns a man to a slave
That kinda lovin’ sends a man right to his grave
(Chorus)
I go crazy, crazy, baby, I go crazy
You turn it on – then you’re gone
Yeah you drive me crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
What can I do, honey
I feel like the color blue
You’re packin’ up your stuff and tryin’ to tell me
That it’s time to go
But I know you ain’t wearin’ nothin’ underneath that
overcoat and that it’s all a show
That kinda lovin’ makes me wanna pull down the shade, yeah
That kinda lovin’ yeah, now I’m never gonna be the same
(Chorus)
I’m losing my mind
Girl, ’cause I’m goin’ crazy
I need your love, honey, yeah
I need your love
(Chorus)
12. Line Up
If you think that you’re strong
Wanna fight well come on
And Line Up
When the goin’ gets tough
And your talk ain’t enough then come on
And Line Up
We gotta get up, get out before they get us down
‘Cause livin’ up against the wall, yeah
Has got us locked up
Come on and Line Up
So don’t be surprised
When they pull the wool over your eyes
Yeah, don’t get funked up
If you got all the stuff
And you can’t get enough
Then Line Up
If you’re out on a limb
And you wanna come in
Then Line Up
Your head’s down, sittin’ ’round
Pick yo face up off the ground
And get yourself together baby
And learn to stand tough
Come on an Line Up
We better get to it
Instead of just standin’ around
It’s time to get down
If you’re playin’ to win
Then your only way in
Is Line Up
If we all wanna live
Then we all gotta give
Line Up
We gotta get up, get out
Before they get us down
‘Cause livin’ up against the wall, yeah
Has got us locked up
Come on and Line Up
You better get to it
Instead of just standin’ around
Yeah, it’s time to get down
If you got all the stuff
And you can’t get enough
Then Line Up – Line Up
If you think that you’re strong
Wanna fight well come on
And Line Up – Line Up
13. Amazing
I kept the right ones out
And let the wrong ones in
Had a angel of mercy to see me
Through all my sins
There were times in my life
When I was goin insane
Tryin to walk through the pain
When I lost my grip
And I hit the floor
Yeah, I thought I could leave
But couldn’t get out the door
I was so sick and tired
Of livin a lie
I was wishin that I would die
It’s amazin
With the blink of an eye
You finally see the light
It’s amazin
When the moment arrives
That you know you’ll be alright
And I’m sayin a prayer
For the desperate hearts tonight
That one last shot’s a permanent vacation
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
Life’s a journey, not a destination
And I just can’t tell just what tomorrow will bring
You have to learn to crawl
Before you learn to walk
But I just couldn’t listen to
All that righteous talk
I was out on the street just tryin to survive
Scratchin to stay alive
Chorus
The band took a brief sabbatical from the music studio before recording their next studio album. The concert tour in support of “Pump” had been incredibly successful and the band needed a break to recharge their batteries.
Although music in the early 1990’s was undergoing a deep shift in trend with the youth dance and hip hop craze, Aerosmith stayed true to their Rock and Blues roots and recorded “Get A Grip” in 1993.
Get A Grip was a major commercial success, despite the shifting trends in mainstream music, and became Aerosmith’s first album to debut number 1 on the charts. It quickly went platinum and sold an incredible seven million copies in just a two and a half year span, but it would eventually sell over 15 million copies world wide.
Get a Grip had many hits, including 1994 and 1995 Grammy winning songs for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal: for “Livin’ on the Edge” and “Crazy”.
The gripping lyrics and story telling videos featuring a young Alicia Silverstone propelled the songs ” Crazy, Amazing and Cryin” into the hearts of many music fans. These three songs received the most ‘love’ from MTV and Radio.
The Get a Grip album was a test in many ways because while the album was in it’s beginning stages, management and record company brass brought in songwriting collaborators to assist in the making of more commercially appealing lyrics, and because of the big success of “Get A Grip”, the band continued to use the services of songwriter collaborators until the early 2000’s. Hard core Aerosmith fans were not pleased with the band’s choices of using outsiders to write lyrics for Aerosmith and accused of the band of ’selling out’ throughout the 1990’s.
With the success of ‘Get A Grip’, came a world tour in support of the album which lasted an incredible 18 months.
Aside from the Rock Band’s grueling time schedule after the release of Get A Grip, the band also found time to launch themselves into the world of youth culture. They appeared in the Wayne’s World 2 movie and had themselves included in the video game RevolutionX and Quest for Fame. In 1994, Aerosmith performed at Woodstock ‘94, opened their own club “The Mama Kin Music Hall in Boston and released the music compilation “Big Ones”. Big Ones featured the biggest hits from Permanent Vacation, Pump and Get A Grip. They also included three new songs on the compilation album, “Deuces Are Wild”, “Blind Man”, and “Walk on Water”.