Aerosmith: Permanent Vacation Lyrics
May 23rd, 2009
1. Heart’s Done Time
2. Magic Touch
3. Rag Doll
4. Simoriah
5. Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
6. St. John
7. Hangman Jury
8. Girl Keeps Coming Apart
9. Angel
10. Permanent Vacation
11. I’m Down
12. Movie, The
Heart’s Done Time
Met a woman, she had a man
Couldn’t help it, I had a plan
Right around midnight he was gone
Saw her red light, she left it on
(Chorus)
And oh, my Heart’s Done Time
And oh, now she’s mine
If there’s a reason for these chains
It’s like we suffer to ease the pain
Now I got this feelin’ inside of me
My heart’s in jail and I can’t break free
(Chorus)
Now she’s mine
Now she’s mine
Now she’s mine
Now she’s mine
(Chorus)
Now she’s mine
Now she’s mine
Now she’s mine
Now she’s mine
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2. Magic Touch
Somebody better call a doctor, doctor
Or wake me up with a shove
I’m gonna knock you off your rocker, rocker
‘Cause I think I’m in love
I tried to get a message to ya
But you walked the other way
I need your Magic Touch, don’t you know
I’ve got a habit and I can’t let go
Feel the fire burnin’ slow
You better get it while it’s hot now babe
‘Cause I can’t let go
Don’t need no wedding with a shotgun, shotgun
So don’t you push me too far
Don’t try to take me for a fool child, who child
Do you think that you are
You really got it coming to ya
It’s gonna come as no surprise
I need your Magic Touch, don’t you know
I’m after you and now I can’t let go
Take it easy, take it slow
You better get it while it’s hot now babe
‘Cause I can’t let go
You never know what you got
Till they take it away
I’m comin’ ready or not
Gonna get you some day
I need your Magic Touch, don’t you know
I’m after you and now I can’t let go
Feel the fire, burnin’ slow
I got a habit and I’m back for more
Your Magic Touch, don’t you know
I’m after you and now I can’t let go
Feel the fire, burnin’ slow
You better get it while it’s hot now babe
‘Cause I can’t, can’t, can’t let you go
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3. Rag Doll
Rag doll, livin in a movie
Hot tramp, daddy’s little cutie
So fine, they’ll never see you
Leavin by the backdoor, man
Hot time, get it while it’s easy
Don’t mind, come one up and see me
Rag doll, baby won’t you do me like
You done before
I’m feelin like a bad boy
MMM just like a bad boy
I’m rippin up a rag doll
Like throwin away an old toy
Some babe’s talkin real loud
Talkin all about the new crowd
Try and sell me on a old dream
A new version of the old scene
Speak easy on the grapevine
Keep shufflin in the shoeshine
Old tin lizzy do it til you’re dizzy
Give it all you got until
You’re put out of your misery
Yes, I’m movin
Yes, I’m movin
Get ready for the big time
Tap dancin on a land mine
Yes, I’m movin
I’m really movin
Old tin lizzy
Yes, I’m movin
Yes, I’m movin
Get ready for the big time
Get crazy on the moonshine
Yes, I’m movin
I’m really movin
Sloe gin fizzy
Do it til you’re dizzy
Give it all you got until
You’re put out of your misery
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4. Simoriah
Walkin’ the line of a razors edge
Take it as far as it goes
Slice of the sky on a silver wedge
Higher and higher we go – let’s go
Ladies in black put a spell on me
Feels like my head’s goin’
Round and round and round and upside down
Ladies in white ain’t my cup of tea
So be it, I need it, long legs, big eyes
Oh, she drives me crazy
(Chorus)
Ooh, Simoriah
Ooh, Simoriah
Countin’ the eyes of the dragonfly
Callin’ on dreams from within
She knows the way and she makes me high
So be it, I need it, long hair, blue eyes
Oh, she drives me crazy
(Repeat Chorus)
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5. Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
Cruised into a bar on the shore
Her picture graced the grime on the door
She a long lost love at first bite
Baby maybe you’re wrong but you know that’s alright
That’s right
Backstage we’re havin the time
Of our lives until somebody say
Forgive me if I seem out of line
Then she whipped out her gun
Tried to blow me away
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
So never judge a book by its cover
Or who you gonna love by your lover
Love put me wise to her love in disguise
She had the body of a venus
Lord, imagine my surprise
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Baby let me follow you down
Let me take a peek dear
Baby let me follow you down
Do me, do me, do me, all night
Baby let me follow you down
Turn the other cheek dear
Baby let me follow you down
Do me, do me, do me, sue me
What a funky lady
She like it like it like it like that
He was a lady
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6. St. John
(Come on boy, the tape is rollin’)
(One, two, one two, two two two)
John was bad
He gave it everything he had
John he prayed
For all the people ever made
John was cool
He never did no after school
Late at night when he praised the Lord
He laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They follow you
They follow you
But every night when he praised the Lord
he laid his hands down upon the bloody sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down upon the sword
Lay down your bloody sword
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They follow you
John, St John be cool
Tell the people
They follow you
late at night when he praised the Lord
He lay his hands down upon the bloody sword
Laid down upon the sword
Down, down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
gettin’ down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Laid it down upon the sword
Laid down upon the sword
Late night TV roared
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7. Hangman Jury
Me and my old lady sittin’ in the shade
Talkin’ ’bout the money that I ain’t made
Singin’ o boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
If I could I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses stood
Singin’ O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
Drank so much hooch
It my eyes be gettin’ blurry
They say I nailed her to the door
A stich in time don’t mean a thing
No Hangman Jury could make me crawl
‘Cause I’m a poor boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
Wacha do with a gun that’s loaded
Shot her dead and her heart exploded
Tell me baby now d-dontcha worry
Like lyin’ to a Hangman Jury
I swear I didn’t know that ‘45 was loaded
In fact my memory ain’t too clear
That’s not to say she didn’t get what she deserved
Least that’s the way it looked from here
Boy when you line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track a lack a
Hey boy dontcha line the track
Ooh, my love came tumblin’ down
Ooh, love come tumblin’ down
Ooh, Let’s get outta here
Love come tumblin’
And every night she take her things into the city
And in the morning make me beg
If I’d taken all her titty gritty
Smack her right upside the head
Boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track
Ooh, my love came tumblin’ down
Ooh, love comes tumblin’ down
Ooh, love comes tumblin’ down
Poor boy sweatin’ in the hot summer night
Hangman waitin’ for the early mornin’ light singin’
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
If I could I surely would
Stand on the rock that Moses done stood singin’
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
O boy dontcha line the track a lack a
O boy dontcha line the track
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8. Girl Keeps Coming Apart
She’s right peculiar
She’ll try and fool ya
But the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
She’s so appealing
Right off the ceiling
But the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
What did I tell ya
She’ll buy and sell ya
‘Cause the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
She’s so affected
I’m so rejected
And the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t let it get me down
Don’t let it get me down
She’s just a screamer
A nightmare dreamer
Yeah, the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
She’s like a call girl
Loose ends and all girl
But the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
White lace and leather
She’s so together
But still the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
I feel sedated
Boxed up an crated
‘Cause the Girl Keeps Coming Apart
Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t
Don’t let it get me down
Don’t let it get me down
“So there she was
Buns up and kneelin’
I was a wheelin’ and a dealin’
My ace in the hole so to speak”
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9. Angel
I’m alone, yeah, I don’t know if I can face the night
I’m in tears, and the cryin’ that I do is for you
I want your love, let’s break the walls between us
Don’t make it tough, I’ll put away my pride
Enough’s enough, I’ve suffered and I’ve seen the light
Baby,
(Chorus)
You’re my Angel, come and save me tonight
You’re my Angel, come and make it alright
You’re my Angel, come and save me tonight
Don’t know what I’m gonna do about this feelin’ inside
Yes, it’s true, loneliness took me for a ride
Without your love, I’m nothing but a beggar
Without your love, a dog without a bone
What can I do, I’m sleepin’ in this bed alone
Baby,
(Chorus)
You’re the reason I live
You’re the reason I die
You’re the reason I give
When I break down and cry
Don’t need no reason why
Baby, baby, baby
(Chorus)
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10. Permanent Vacation
I got a letter from a friend the other morning
He say it’s hot down by Montego Bay
I got the point and now I think it’s finally dawning
Yeah, yeah, I got to get away
I got to take myself a Permanent Vacation
The sky’s the limit, but my plane won’t fly
My nose is clean and lordie don’t need no sedation
Yeah, yeah, and that’s the reason why
(Chorus)
I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
I want a tan where the sun it never shines
I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
You best believe it that I got to get away
I got a sister, man she really got a pin head
She think she kinky but she can’t get straight
She say she livin’, but I kinda think she’s brain dead
Just excess baggage on a late night freight
(Chorus)
I gotta take me on a Permanent Vacation
The girl’s be cummin’ down in Cayman Brack
I gotta hand it to a firm situation
Yeah, yeah, got to cut me some slack
I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
I want a tan where the sun it never shines
I really need it, really, really need St Tropez
I really need it, really need it, really really….
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11. I’m Down
You tellin’ lies thinkin’ I can’t see
You can’t cry, ’cause you’re laughing at me
(Chorus)
I’m down (I’m really down)
I’m down (down on the ground)
I’m down (I’m really down)
How can you laugh when you know I’m down
(How can you laugh) when you know I’m down
Man buys ring, woman throws it away
Same damn thing happens every day
(Chorus)
We’re all alone and there’s nobody else
You still moan ‘keep your hands to yourself
(Repeat Chorus)
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12. The Movie
Instrumental