Night in the Ruts

11 ContributorsNo Surprize LyricsSteven Tyler had been having trouble trying to write lyrics during the sessions for Night In The Ruts. He worked on this song for two months until he finally got the idea to tell the story of how Aerosmith… Read More 1971, we all heard the starters gun

New York was such a pity

But at Max's Kansas City we won

We all shot the shit at the bar

With Johnny O' Toole and his scar

And then old Clive Davis said

He's surely gonna make us a star

I'm going to make you a star

Just the way you are

But with all his style

I could see in his eyes

That we is going on trial

And it was no surprize

The boys kept kicking ass

As usual time would tell

But some bitch in the choir

Throw water on the fires of hell

She loved to show and tell

Lord, she loved to tell

But with all our style

You could see in our eyes

That we is still on trial

And it was no surprize

No surprize

No surprize

No surprize

Midnight lady, situation fetal

Vaccinate your ass with your phonograph needle

I say look here, friend of mine

You scratch like you need calamine

Flamingo boots, soles a creaking

Still in love and Puerto Rican too

Riding on wheels of hell

Smoking our axle grease

Oh, the backstage is rocking

And we're copping from the local police

That's right, the local police

Or the justice of peace

But with all our style

You could see in our eyes

That we is still on trial

And it was no surprize

No surprize

No surprize

No surprize

Rock n' roll, junkie whore

Got my foot inside the door

Knock knock, knock knock, knock

Nobody's keeping score

Bad times go away

Come again some other day

Topaz and sazzafraz

Will keep the blues away

Candy store, rock n' roll

Corporation jellyroll

Play the singles, it ain't me

It's programmed insanity

You ASCAP, Or BMI

Could ever make a mountain fly

If Japanese can boil teas

Then where the fuck's my royalties...aar

[Verse 1]

Ooh, on the beach in Cartagena

She, salty baby with the name

Oh, chiquita

No no, chiquita

[Verse 2]

She, takes me walking in the sunshine

She, she'll be loving until the moon shine

[Chorus]

Love chiquita

Oh, love chiquita

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

She, got the poppy eyed desire

Tease, 'til the boys put out your fire

[Chorus]

Love chiquita

Oh, love chiquita

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]

Oh, no, no, now don't you wake me up, I'm dreaming

No, no, no, if you shake me I'll be screaming

[Chorus]

Love chiquita

Oh, love chiquita

[Instrumental Outro]

[Verse 1]

Seems like the other day

My baby went away

She went away 'cross the sea

It's been two years or so

Since I saw my baby go

And then this letter came for me

[Verse 2]

It said that we was through

She found somebody new

Oh, let me think, let me think

What shall I do?

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, no

Oh, no

Oh, no no no no no

[Chorus]

(Remember) Walking in the sand

(Remember) Walking hand in hand

(Remember) The night was so exciting

(Remember) Her smile was so inviting

(Remember) Then she touched my cheek

(Remember) With her fingertips

(Remember) Softly

Softly we met with a kiss

[Verse 3]

Whatever happened to

The girl that I once knew?

The girl that said she'd been true

Oh, whatever happened to

That night I gave it to you?

What will I do with it now?

[Instrumental Break]

[Pre-Chorus]

Oh, no

Oh, no

Oh, no no no no no

[Chorus]

(Remember) Walking in the sand

(Remember) Walking hand in hand

(Remember) The night was so exciting

(Remember) Her smile was so inviting

(Remember) Then she touched my cheek

(Remember) With her fingertips

(Remember) Softly

Softly we met with a kiss

[Verse 4]

Whatever happened to

The girl that I once knew?

The girl that said she'd been true

Whatever happened to

That night I gave it to you?

What will I do with it now?

[Verse 1]

I met a babe in a backseat drive-in

Back in the saddle she'd sit

Pulled on the reins just to keep me rising

She loved to chomp at the bit

[Pre-Chorus]

Daddy do it, ooh, just do it

Daddy do it, please let me see

Do it, please just do it daddy

Do it, do it, driving me crazy

[Verse 2]

She always walks with her eyes

Down on her bootlace

She lives to give it away

She don't believe in the right time or the wrong place

She's always liable to say

[Pre-Chorus]

Daddy do it, ooh, just do it

Daddy do it, please let me see

Do it, please just do it daddy

Do it, do it, driving me crazy

[Chorus]

Cheese cake, looser than her sister

Cheese cake, umm, her sugar gets me high

She knows I can't resist her

Cheese cake

Got my fingers in her pie

Cheese cake

Cheese cake, sneaking out the back door

Cheese cake, rolling down the lawn

Everybody kissed her, cheese cake

Oh, at the crack of dawn, cheese cake

[Pre-Chorus]

Daddy do it, ooh, just do it

Daddy do it, please let me see

Do it, please just do it daddy

Do it, do it, driving me crazy

[Chorus]

Cheese cake, looser than her sister

Cheese cake, um, her sugar gets me high

She knows I can't resist her

Cheese cake

Got my fingers in her pie

Cheese cake

[Outro]

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

Cheese cake

[Intro]

Woo!

[Verse 1]

Take a walk in the warm New England sun

Ain't no time to look for clues

You get the point from Uncle Sam's loaded gun

Who be the hand that light the fuse, ah

A take a look, take a look at my old billy goat

He used to raise all kinds of hell

He took a dose of radiation dope

A back in the barn is where he fell, like hell

[Chorus]

Aar, Lucy, chromosome

Lucy, superdome

[Verse 2]

What makes you think you patronizing my old friends

After you ride in my car, car

What do you do when your oil Mexican

OPEC boys, you went too far, too far

[Chorus]

Aar, Lucy, superdome

Lucy, chromosome

Aar, Lucy, papadum

Lucy, sing the song

[Bridge]

(Ah) dig it up

(Ah) live it up

(Ah) a dig it up

(Ah) live it up

Look out

[Instrumental Outro]

[Chorus]

I got a reefer headed woman

She fell right down from the sky

(Good Lord)

Woah, I got a reefer headed a woman

She fell right down from the sky

[Verse 1]

Well, I gots to drink me a two-fifths of whiskey

Just to get half as high

[Verse 2]

When the good Lord made that woman

He sure went to town

Ooh, when the good Lord made that woman

He sure went to town

Well, when he was feeling high

Ooh, he sure should have been feeling low

[Harmonica Solo]

[Interlude]

Oh Mr. Perry!

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

I got a reefer headed woman

She fell right down from the sky

(Good Lord)

Woah, I got a reefer headed a woman

She fell right down from the sky

[Harmonica Solo]

[Outro]

Lord, I gots to drink me two-fifths of whiskey

Just to get, just to get, half as high

[Verse 1]

Flatbush boy cruising Sheepshead Bay

His boardwalk mama just a sniff away

Underground DMT, riding thunder train

The Coney Island white fish boy is on the run again

[Verse 2]

Ooh, running with the pack

Ooh, and never looking back

Ooh, know's just where he's been

That Coney Island white fish boy's

Been there and back again

[Verse 3]

16 years with his boardwalk queen

And at steeplechase, she used to wet his dreams

She combs her hair, that flaming jewel

Streaked with Clorox bleach

Coney getting down and dirty

Snorting up the beach

[Chorus]

And she'd be screaming (Coney)

And she'd be dreaming (Coney)

Go get them Coney

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]

(Coney) bone to bone screaming

(Coney) she be screaming (Coney)

Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Outro]

In town

Get back in town

Get back, a get down

Get back in town

Coney!

She'd be screaming (Coney)

Best believe it (Coney)

[Verse 1]

When will the clouds all blow it away

When will the good people have their say

Now I hope you're still around to see the day

[Chorus]

Take a while, think about it

Take a while, think about it

Take a while, think about it

[Verse 2]

Who's here to tell what is up or down

Who can be the king or be the clown

Then climb your tree, take a look around

[Chorus]

Take a while, think about it

[Verse 3]

Take it nobody out, if it in the tame

That which is now, will be again

Who can decide who is insane

[Chorus]

Take a while, think about it

[Intro]

Honey now, na, na, na, na, na

[Verse 1]

Hush a bye my baby, soft and new

Ooh, loveliness, gypsy dance in the rain

Hush a bye, my baby, what you do

Ooh, the baby cry

The wind she's calling your name

[Chorus]

(Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh (Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh (Mia)

[Verse 2]

Where you came from you ain't alone

Live and loved from the old jaw bone

Oh, don't you cry you're home sweet home

Rock a bye, sweet lady, gypsy blue

Ooh, the nightingale singing her song in the rain

Hush a bye sweet lady, soft and new

Ooh, don't you cry, the wind she's a-screaming your name

[Chorus]

(Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh (Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh

[Verse 3]

Come too soon that sunny day

You give your heart away

No divorcee, or reprise, yeah, yeah

[Chorus]

(Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh (Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh (Mia)

Ooh (Mia) ooh (Mia)

(Mia)