Get a Grip

Aerosmith

1993 Released

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Intro

00 : 23

Eat the Rich

04 : 10

Get a Grip

03 : 58

Fever

04 : 15

Livin’ on the Edge

06 : 07

Flesh

05 : 56

Walk On Down

03 : 39

Shut Up and Dance

04 : 55

Cryin’

05 : 08

Gotta Love It

05 : 58

Crazy

05 : 16

Line Up

04 : 03

Can’t Stop Messin’

03 : 30

Amazing

05 : 56

Boogie Man

02 : 16

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Track Lyrics

Intro Lyrics

[Verse]

Wake up, kid, it's half past the youth

Ain't nothin' really changin' but the date

But you a grand slammer but you're no Babe Ruth

You gotta learn how to relate

Or you'll be swingin' from the pearly gate

I got all the answers, lo and behold

You got the right key, baby

But the wrong key hole, yo

Eat the Rich Lyrics

[Instrumental Intro]

[Intro]

Yeah-yeah!

[Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus 1]

'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're good for

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, come back for more

Eat the rich; I gotta get this off my chest

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, spit out the rest, uh huh!

[Verse 2]

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 a bubble on the rich folks who get rude

'Cause you won't get in no trouble when you eats that kinda food"

[Pre-Chorus 2]

Now they're smokin' up the 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]

Eat the rich; there's only one thing that they're good for

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, come back for more

Eat the rich; I gotta get this off my chest

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, spit out the rest, uh!

[Guitar Solo]

[Pre-Chorus 3]

Believe in all the good things that money just can't buy

Then you won't get no belly ache 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!

[Chorus]

Eat the rich; there's only one thing that they're good for

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, come back for more

Eat the rich; I gotta get this off my chest

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, spit out the rest!

Eat the rich; there's only one thing that they're good for

Eat the rich; I take one bite now, come back for more

Eat the rich; don't stop me now I'm going crazy

Eat the rich; that's my idea of a good time baby

[Outro]

*Belch*

Get a Grip Lyrics

[Chorus]

Got to get a grip

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

If you think I'm vain, better shut your lips

I can't explain how to be fat city

You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Chorus 2]

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

Don't you give me no flack, honey shut your lip

You got to have stones if you're living in the city

If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

[Verse 1]

Once upon a crime I thought I was cool but I don't want to brag

Once I crossed the line I think I must have zigged when I should have zagged

[Chorus]

Got to get a grip

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

If you think I'm vain, better shut your lips

I can't explain how to be fat city

You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Verse 2]

Same old same old every day

If things don't change you're just gonna rot

Because if you do what you've always done

You'll always get what you always got

Uh, could that be nothing?

[Chorus]

Got to get a grip

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

If you think I'm vain, better shut your lips

I can't explain how to be fat city

You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Chorus 2]

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

Don't give me no flack, honey shut your lip

You got to have stones if you're living in the city

If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

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's a one eyed trouser trout?

I was so short sighted

Now the wrong been righted

I feel so delighted

I get so excited

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

If you think I'm vain, better shut you lip

I can't explain how to be fat city

You got to live large, got to let it rip

[Chorus 2]

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

Don't you give me no flack, honey shut your lip

You got to have stones if you're living in the city

If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

You want to get high in a New York minute

Choke that smoke, honey crack the whip

Your head gets dead, yea as long as you're in it

You want to hang loose, got to get a grip

[Chorus 2]

Skin and bones, it ain’t such a pity

Don't give me no flack, honey shut your lip

You got to have stones if you're living in the city

If you want to hang loose got to get a grip rip

Fever Lyrics

[Intro]

(Hey)

[Verse 1]

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

[Verse 2]

Yeah, they threw me out of jail I tell you it ain’t fair

I tried to kiss the judge from the electrical 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?

[Chorus]

We got the fever, fever, fever, fever

[Verse 3]

Fever gives you lust with an appetite

It hits you like the fangs from a rattlesnake bite

We're all here 'cause we're not all there tonight!

[Bridge 1]

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

[Verse 4]

I was feeling so high I forgot what day

Now I'm feeling low down even slow seems way too fast

And now the booze don't work and the drugs ran out of gas

[Chorus]

I got the fever, fever, fever, fever

[Verse 5]

The buzz that you be getting 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

[Bridge 2]

My first time ever lover

We fell 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 your pardon sir

The gangster of love rides again

[Harmonica Solo]

[Chorus]

I got the fever, fever, fever, fever

[Outro]

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 the perfect crime

You gets so tired holding on so tight

If you think you're going crazy well you may be right

Yeah, we're all here 'cause we're not all there, that's right!

Livin’ on the Edge Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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, yeah

[Chorus]

We're livin' on the edge

Livin' on the edge

[Verse 2]

There's something wrong with the world today

The light bulb's getting dim

There's meltdown in the sky (ahh)

If you can judge a wise man

By the color of his skin

Then mister, you're a better man than I

[Chorus]

We're livin' on the edge

(You can't help yourself from falling) (Everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

(You can't help yourself at all) (Everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

(You can't stop yourself from falling) (Everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

(Everybody, everybody)

[Bridge]

Tell me what you think about your situation

Complication, aggravation is getting to you, yeah

If Chicken Little tells you that the sky is falling

Even if it wasn't, would you still come crawling

Back again?

I bet you would, my friend

Again and again and again and again and again

Tell me what you think about your situation

Complication, aggravation is getting to you, yeah

If Chicken Little tells you that the sky is falling

Even if it wasn't, would you still come crawling

Back again?

I bet you would, my friend

Again and again and again and again and

[Verse 3]

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 hangin' on

[Chorus]

Livin' on the edge

(You can't help yourself from falling) (Everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

(You can't help yourself at all) (Everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

(You can't stop yourself from falling) (Everybody, everybody)

Livin' on the edge

(Everybody, everybody)

[Outro]

Livin' on the edge

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself from falling)

Livin' on the edge (You can't help yourself at all)

Livin' on the edge (You can't stop yourself from falling)

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 from falling)

Livin' on the edge

Yeah, yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Flesh Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 Anton to Marrakesh

Yeah when the night comes

Everybody's got to have flesh!

[Chorus]

You got me all soaking 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

[Verse 2]

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 got to have flesh!

[Chorus]

It's got me all soaking wet

Flesh! - the only thing that's worth the sweat, yeah

From the Mississippi River

To the highest mountain in Tibet

Everybody gotta have

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus/Outro]

Flesh! - you got me all soaking wet

Flesh! - the only thing that's worth the sweat

Flesh! - you got me all soaking 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

Walk On Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]

You wonder why you got holes in your shoes

You wonder why they got more money than you

You wonder why you got nothing to lose

It makes no sense, don't try to figure it out

[Chorus]

You gotta walk on down

Walk on down

When you're shit out of luck

There's just one thing to do and that's

Walk on down

When you're shit out of luck

There's just one thing to do and that's

Yeah, huh

[Verse 2]

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

[Chorus]

You got to walk on down

Walk on down

When you're shit out of luck

There's just one thing to do and that's

Walk on down

[Bridge]

Because I got no time to lose

It's my life if I choose

Put on my walking shoes

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

You got to walk on down

Walk on down

When you're shit out of luck

There's just one thing to do and that's

*Dog barking*

Walk on down, yeah

Walk on down

When you're shit out of luck

There's just one thing to do and that's

Walk on down

Walk on down, down, down

Walk on down

When you're shit out of luck

There's just one thing to do and that's

Walk on down

Shut Up and Dance Lyrics

[Chorus]

Talk is cheap, shut up and dance

Don't get deep, shut up and dance

[Verse 1]

A love has got a-me down

A tear just hit a-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]

Talk is cheap, shut up and dance

Don't get deep, shut up and dance

[Verse 2]

When you can't define a-the crime

A-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

[Chorus]

Talk is cheap, shut up and dance

Don't get deep, shut up and dance

[Bridge]

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!

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]

Sex is 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

[Outro]

Talk is cheap, shut up and dance

Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!

Don't get deep, shut up and dance

Talk is cheap, shut up and dance

Don't get deep, shut up and dance

Shut, shut, shut, shut, shut up!

Talk is cheap, shut up and dance

Don't get deep, shut up and dance

Cryin’ Lyrics

[Verse 1]

There was a time

When I was so broken-hearted

Luck 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

[Pre-Chorus]

So listen

All I want is someone I can't resist

I know all I need to know by the way that I got kissed

[Chorus]

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, yeah!

[Bridge]

Now there's not even breathing room

Between pleasure and pain

Yeah, you cry when we're making love

Must be one and the same

[Verse 2]

It's down on me

Yeah, I got to tell you one thing

That's been on my mind, girl, I gotta say

We're partners in crime

You got that certain somethin'

What you give to me takes my breath away

[Pre-Chorus]

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

[Chorus]

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, yeah!

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

'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

[Chorus]

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' to let you

Do what you do, what you do down to

No, no, baby, baby, baby

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]

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, baby, down to, down to)

[Outro]

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm dyin' to forget you

Your love is sweet misery

I was cryin' when I met you

Now I'm dyin' 'cause I let you

Gotta Love It Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Any way you can feel it

You shouldn't try to conceal it baby

You got to make up your mind (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Any way I can steal it

Any way you can deal it to me

You know the pleasure's all mine (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]

You got to love it

You better own it

You got to love it

And God knows it

You got to shu uh shove it

I'm gonna make things happen

Going around and round, around and, around and

Around and, around and, around and, around and, around and, around and that's right

[Verse 2]

I wanna say you're a firecracker

I wanna say you're switchblade knife

You make your sex a career (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

Comin' down from an all-night tripper

Pull your foot from the ruby slipper

'Cause you can't get there from here (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]

You got to love it

You better own it

You got to love it

And God knows it

You got to shu uh shove it

I'm gonna make things happen

Going around and round, around and, around and

Around and, around and, around and, around and, around and, around...

[Middle Eight]

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 for those who can't relate

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

You got to learn to love the midnight madness

You got to revel in the good and badness

If ying and yang is your thing (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

What I gotta do to try and reach you

Is it for real or just a double feature

So let's go throw the I Ching (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Chorus]

You got to love it

You wanna own it

You got to love it

And God knows it

You got to shu uh shove it

I'm gonna make things happen

Going around and round, around and, around and

Around and, around and, around and, around and, around and, around...

[Outro]

You got to love it

Yeah, yeah, ooh

Crazy Lyrics

[Intro]

Come here, baby

You know you drive me up a wall?

The way you make good on all the nasty tricks you pull

Seems like we're makin' up more than we're makin' love

And it always seems you got somethin' on your mind other than me

Girl, you got to change your crazy ways, you hear me?

[Verse 1]

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

[Pre-Chorus]

That kinda loving turns a man to a slave

That kinda loving 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

[Verse 2]

You're packing up your stuff and talking like it's tough

And tryin' to tell me that it's time to go, yeah!

But I know you ain't wearing nothing underneath that overcoat

And it's all a show, yeah!

[Pre-Chorus]

That kind of loving

Makes me want to pull down the shade, yeah!

That kind of loving

Yeah, now I'm never, never, never, never gonna be the same

[Chorus]

I go crazy, crazy

Baby, I go crazy

You turn it on

Then you're gone

Yeah, you drive me crazy, crazy

Crazy, crazy

Crazy for you, baby

What can I do, honey?

I feel like the color blue

[Bridge]

I'm losin' my mind

Girl, 'cause I'm going crazy

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]

I need your love

Honey, yeah! I need your love

[Chorus]

Crazy, crazy

Crazy for you, baby

I'm losing my mind

Girl, 'cause I'm going crazy

Crazy, crazy

Crazy for you, baby

You turn it on

Then you're gone

Yeah, you drive me

[Outro]

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh

Ow, yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Line Up Lyrics

[Verse 1]

If you think that you're strong

Want to fight well come on

And line up (Line up)

When the going gets tough

And your talk ain’t enough

Line up (Line up)

[Pre-Chorus 1]

We got to get up, get out before they get us down

'cause living 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 your eyes

You don't get funked up

[Chorus]

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, yeah (Line up)

[Post-Chorus]

You're head's down, sitting 'round

Pick your face up off the ground

And get yourself together, baby

And learn to stand tough

Come on and line up (Line up)

We better get to it instead of just standing around

It's time to get down

[Lenny Kravitz]

Come on, Joe!

Aw yeah

[Verse 2]

If you're playing to win

And your only way in

Is line up (Line up)

If we all want to live

And we all gotta give

Line up (Line up)

[Pre-Chorus 2]

We got to get up, get out before they get us down

Because living up against the wall, yeah

Has got us locked up

Come on and line up (Line up)

You better get to it instead of just standing around

Yeah, it's time to get down

Yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

If you got all the stuff

And you can't get enough

Then line up (Line up)

Line up (Line up)

If you're out on a limb

And you wanna come in

Then line up (Line up)

Line up (Line up)

[Outro]

You got to get yourself together

Line up (Line up)

You got to stand up and be counted

Line up (Line up)

You got to love, you got to love

Line up (Line up)

You got to love, you got to love

Can’t Stop Messin’ Lyrics

[Guitar Solos]

You say you got something that

Makes you feel good

And you can't stop messing with it

All your life you've been

So misunderstood

Now you can't stop messing with it

You say you got something that

Makes you feel good

And you can't stop messing with it

All your life you've been

So misunderstood

Because you can't stop messing with it

You say you got something that

Makes you feel good

And you can't stop messing with it

All your life you've been

So misunderstood

Now you can't stop messing with it

You say you got something that

Makes you feel good

And you can't stop messing with it

All your life you've been

So misunderstood

Now you can't stop m-m-m-m-messing with it

Amazing Lyrics

[Verse 1]

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 livin' a lie

I was wishin that I would die

[Chorus]

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

[Bridge]

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

[Verse 2]

You have to learn to crawl

Before you learn to walk

But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk, oh yeah

I was out on the street

Just tryin' to survive

Scratchin' to stay alive

[Chorus]

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

Desperate hearts, desperate hearts....

[Solo]

[Outro: Spoken]

"So from all of us at Aerosmith to all of you out there, wherever you are, remember: the light at the end of the tunnel may be you. Good night."

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Track Lyrics

Intro Lyrics

Eat the Rich Lyrics

Get a Grip Lyrics

Fever Lyrics

Livin’ on the Edge Lyrics

Flesh Lyrics

Walk On Down Lyrics

Shut Up and Dance Lyrics

Cryin’ Lyrics

Gotta Love It Lyrics

Crazy Lyrics

Line Up Lyrics

Can’t Stop Messin’ Lyrics

Amazing Lyrics