Aerosmith
Get a Grip Album
Time Length : 62 Minutes
Label : Geffen Release
Date : April 1993
Certification : Double Platinum
"EAT THE RICH" 4:34
Well I woke up this morning
On the wrong side of the bed
And how I got to thinkin'
About all those 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 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
Eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're 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, uh huh
So I called up my head shrinker
And I told him what I'd done
He said you'd best go on a diet
Yeah I hope you have some fun
And a don't go burst your bubble
On rich folks who get rude
'Cause you won't get get no trouble
When you eats that kind of food
Now they're smokin' up their junk bonds
And then they go get stiff
And they're dancin' at the yacht club
With Muff and Uncle Biff
But there's one good thing that happens
When you toss your pearls aside
Their attitudes may taste like shit
But go real good with wine
Eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're 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, uh huh
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 Grey Poupon my friend
And shove it up your ass!
Eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're 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
Eat the Rich: there's only one thing that they're 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
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./Almo Music Corp./Testatype Music
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"GET A GRIP" 3:58
Got to 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 cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip, rip
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
Got to 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
Same old same old every day 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
Oh, could that be nothin'?
Got to 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 cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip
Who knows for sure yeah without a doubt
What goes on when the lights go out
Or who pulls in when I pull out
And what is a one-eyed trouser trout?
I was so shortsighted
Now the wrong been righted I feel so delighted I get so excited
Got to 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 cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip
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
Skin and bones it ain't such a pity
Don't cha gimme no flack, honey shut ya lip
Ya gotta have stones if you're living in the city
If ya wanna hang loose gotta get a grip
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./Almo Music Corp./Testatyme Music
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"FEVER" 4:14
I got a rip in my pants and a hole in my brand new shoes I got a
Margarita nose and breath full of Mad Dog Booze I got the fever,
fever, fever, fever They, 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's your excuse? I got the
fever, fever, fever, fever Fever gives you lust with an appetite
It hits you like the fangs form a rattlesnake bite 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 back seat of my car, caviar I was feelin' so
high I forgot what day Now I'm feelin' low down even slow Seems
way too fast And now the booze don't work 'Cause the drugs ran
out of gas I got the fever, fever, fever, fever The buzz that you
be 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 fall asleep out on the lawn
And when I woke up I was all alone Makin' love to the Crack of
Dawn So yo, I beg yo pardon sir, The gangster of love rides again
Fever You know I gotta chill Fever It gimme such a thrill Fever
Like a burnin' plague Fever 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, babe, you look so fine I tell you you're
the image of the 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 that's right
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc. ASCAP
"LIVIN' ON THE EDGE" 6:07
There's somethin' 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 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 somethin'
wrong with the world today The light bulb's gettin' dim There's
meltdown in the sky If you can judge a wise man By the color of
his skin Then mister you're a better man that I We're livin' on
the edge You can't help yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge
You can't help yourself at all Livin' on the edge You can't stop
yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge Tell me what you think
about your sit-u-a-tion 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 crawlin' Back again? I bet you
would my friend Again & again & again & again &
again Tell me what you think about your sit-u-a-tion Complication
- aggravation Is getting to you If chicken little tells you that
the sky is fallin' Even if it was would would you still come
crawlin' Back again? I bet you would my friend Again & again
& again & again There's something right with the world
today And everybody knows it's wrong But we can tell 'em no or we
could let it go But I would rather be a hanging on Livin' On the
Edge You can't help yourself from fallin' Livin' On the Edge You
can't help yourself at all Livin' On the Edge You can't stop
yourself from fallin' Livin' On the Edge Livin' On the Edge
Livin' On the Edge Livin' On the Edge Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah Livin' On the Edge You can't help yourself from
fallin' Livin' On the Edge You can't help yourself at all Livin'
on the edge You can't stop yourself from fallin' Livin' on the
edge Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself You can't help
yourself Livin' On the Edge You can't help yourself at all Livin'
On the Edge You can't help yourself You can't help yourself
Livin' On the Edge You can't help yourself You can't help
yourself Livin' On the Edge You can't help yourself from fallin'
Livin' On the Edge Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, you
got to that now
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCA Music Publishing, a division
of MCA Inc./Beef Puppet Music ASCAP
"FLESH" 5:56
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 gotta have FLESH You got me all soakin' wet 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 gotta have FLESH It's got me all soakin' wet
FLESH - the only thing that's worth the sweat, yeah 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...flesh
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./EMI APril Music Inc./Desmobile
Music Co. Inc. ASCAP
"WALK ON DOWN" 3:38
You wonder why you get 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 one thing to do
and that's Yeah, huh Well she says that she loves ya In your mind
there's no doubt, but 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 too 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
walkin' 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
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc. ASCAP
"SHUT UP AND DANCE" 4:56
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 Talk is cheap, shut up and dance
Don't get deep, shut up and dance When you can't define the crime
Then 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
Talk is cheap, shut up and dance Don't get deep, shut up and
dance When you work your fingers to the bone Now what does that
get you - nothing In a crowd of people You're still alone 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 it like a gun You aim, you shoot, you run
When you're splittin' hairs with Mr. Clean It's like gettin' head
from a guillotine And the night has just begun Talk it cheap,
shut up and dance Don't get deep, shut up and dance Talk is
cheap, shut up and dance Don't get deep, shut up and dance Talk
is cheap, shut up and dance Don't get deep, shut up and dance
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./Tranquility Base Songs ad,/ by WB
Music Corp. ASCAP/Ranch Rock Music adm. by Warner-Tamerlane
Publishing Corp. BMI
"CRYIN'" 5:08
There was a time
When I was so broken hearted
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
Listen,
all I want is someone I can't resist
I know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Love it 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 to 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' just to let you
Do what you do what you do down to me, baby, baby, baby
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Your love is sweet misery
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you
Do what you do down to, down to, down to, down to
I was cryin' when I met you
Now I'm tryin' to forget you
Your love is sweet
I was cryin' when I met you (fade)
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCA Music Publishing, a division
of MCA Inc./Taylor Rhodes Songs ASCAP
"GOTTA LOVE IT" 5:58
Shocking 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 You gotta love it You better own it You gotta
love it And God knows it You gotta shu uh shove it I'm gonna make
things happen Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round'n,
'round'n, 'round'n, 'round'n, '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 there from here You gotta love it You better own it You
gotta love it And God knows it You gotta shu uh shove it I'm
gonna make things happen Goin' 'round'n, 'round'n, 'round... I
got this feeling deep inside my gut Overwhelming feeling of I
know not what One thing's for sure I ain't got time 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 You gotta love it
You wanna own it You gotta love it And God knows it You gotta shu
uh shove it You gotta make things happen Goin' 'round'n,
'round'n, 'round
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./MCA Music Publishing, a division
of MCA Inc./Beef Puppet Music ASCAP
"CRAZY" 5:17
Come 'ere baby You know you drive me up a 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 got somn' on
your mind other than me Girl, you got to change your crazy ways
You hear me? Say you're leavin' on a seven thirty train and that
you're headin' out to Hollywood Girl you've been givin' me that
line so many times it kinda gets like feelin' bad looks good,
yeah That kinda lovin' Turns a man to a slave That kinda lovin'
Sends a man right to his grave 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 talkin' like it's
tough and tryin' to tell me that it's time to go, yeah But I know
you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that overcoat And it's all a
show, yeah That kinda lovin' Make me wanna pull Down the shade,
yeah That kinda lovin' Yeah now I'm never, never, never, never
gonna me the same 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 I'm
losin' my mind, girl 'Cause I'm goin' crazy I need your love,
honey I need your love Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby I'm
losin' my mind, girl 'Cause I'm goin' crazy Crazy, crazy, crazy
for you baby You turn it on, then you're gone Yeah you drive me
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./EMI April Music Inc./Desmobile
Music Co. Inc. ASCAP
"LINE UP" 4:03
If you think that you're strong Wanna fight well come on And line
up Line Up When the going gets tough And your talk ain't enough
Line Up 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 Line Up So don't be surprised when they pull the
wool over yo eyes Yeah, don't get funked up If you got all the
stuff And you can't get enough Then line up Line Up If you're out
on a limb And you wanna come in Then line up Line Up Your head's
down, sittin' 'round Pick yo face up off the ground And get yo
self together baby And learn to stand tough, heh ha Come on and
line up Line Up We better get to it instead of Just standing
around It's time to get down If you're playing to win And your
only way in Is line up Line Up If we all wanna live Then we all
gotta give Line Up 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 Line up Line Up Line up Line
Up If you think that you're strong Wanna fight then come on and
Line up Line Up Line up Line Up Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... Line Up Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah... Line Up You gotta get yourself a double
Line Up Line Up You gotta stand up and be crowded, yeah, yeah You
gotta love Line Up You gotta love Line Up You gotta love You
gotta love, oh
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./Miss Bessie Music ASCAP
"AMAZING" 5:56
I kept the right ones out And let the wrong ones in Had an 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 a livin'
a lie I was wishin' that I Would die It's Amazing With the blink
of an eye you finally see the light It's Amazing When the moment
arrives that you know you'll be alright It's Amazing 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 brings You have to learn to crawl Before you
learn to walk But I just couldn't liten to all that righteous
talk I was out on the street, Just a tryin' to survive
(C) 1992 Swag Song Music, Inc./Colgems-EMI Music, Inc./Super Supa
Songs ASCAP
"BOOGIE MAN" 2:15
Instrumental Get a Grip is (C) 1993 Geffen Records, Inc.
