Get A Grip (1993)

  • 1

    Intro

    Wake up kids
    It's half past the youth
    Nothing really changing but the date

    You a grand slammer
    but you're no Babe Ruth
    You gotta learn how to relate

    I heard you swinging from the perly gate
    I got all answers low and behold
    You got the right key baby
    but the wrong key hole, yo

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    Eat the Rich

    Wake up kid, it's half past your youth
    Ain't nothin' really changes but the date
    You a grand slammer, but you no Babe Ruth
    You gotta learn how to relate
    Or you'll be swingin' from the pearly gate
    Now you got all the answers, low and behold
    You got the right key baby but the wrong key ho, yo

    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 a 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 humour
    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 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

    So I called up my head shrinker
    And I told him what I'd done
    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
    ÔCause you won't get in no trouble
    When you eats that kinda food
    Now their 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

    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 inheritence 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 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

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    Get a Grip

    [Chorus:]
    Got to get a grip
    Skin and bones, it ain't such a pity
    If you think I'm vein, better shut ya lip
    I can't explain how to be 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
    [Chorus]

    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
    Uh could that be nothin'
    [Chorus]

    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

    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 vein, better shut ya lip
    I can't explain how to be 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, yea,
    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

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    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 outa 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 you're excuse?
    [Chorus]

    Fever gives ya lust with an appetite
    It hits ya like the fangs from 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 and the drugs ran out of gas
    [Chorus]

    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 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 yo pardon sir
    The gangster of love rides again
    [Chorus]

    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 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!

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    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 shore ain't no surprise
    Yup!

    We're livin' on the edge
    Livin' on the edge
    Livin' on the edge
    Livin' on the edge

    There's something wrong with the world today
    The lightbulb's gettin' dimmed
    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 than 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 our 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 our situation
    Complication, aggravation
    Is getting to you

    If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'
    Even if it was 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 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 falling

    Livin' on the yeah, yeah, yeah...

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    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 Antonio to Marrakesh
    Yeah when the night comes
    Every body's 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 Juliette
    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
    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 suvie in a Rickshaw to a bimbo in a pink Corvette
    Everybody gotta have...

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    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

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    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 alright

    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've 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, yeah
    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 is like a gun
    You aim, you shoot, hah hah, you run
    When you're splittin' hairs with Mr. Clean
    It's like getting head from a guillotine
    And the night has just begun

    Talk is cheap, shut up and dance
    Oh shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
    Don't get deep, shut up and dance
    Talk is cheap, shut up and dance, yeah
    Don't get deep, shut up and dance
    Talk is cheap, shut up and dance
    shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up shut up
    Don't get deep, shut up and dance, ah yeah

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    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 kinda love was the killin' kind
    (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

    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

    Now there's not even breathing 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 do 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 DYYYIIIIINNNN' to let you
    Do what you do, what you do down on me
    Baby, baby, baby

    (musical solo)

    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

    I was cryin' when I met you
    Now I'm tryin' to forget you
    Your love is sweet misery

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    Gotta Love It

    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'n that's right

    I wanna say you're a fire cracker
    I wanna say you're a switch blade 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'n,
    round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n,
    round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n,
    round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n,
    round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n,
    round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n

    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

    You gotta learn to love the midnight madness
    You gotta revel in the good and badness
    If ying 'n yang is your thing

    What I gotta do to try and reach ya
    Is it for real or just a double feature (fee cha)
    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'n, round'n, round'n,
    round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n, round'n

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    Crazy

    Come 'ere 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 someone 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, yeah

    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 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 that it's all a show, yeah!

    That kinda lovin' makes me wanna pull down the shade,
    yeah
    That kinda lovin' yeah, now I'm never never never never gonna be the same

    (Chorus)

    I'm losing my mind
    Girl, 'cause I'm goin' crazy

    (guitar solo)

    I need your love, honey, yeah
    I need your love...

    Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
    You turn it on - then you're gone
    Yeah you drive me
    Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
    I'm losin' 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...

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    Line Up

    If you think that you're strong
    Wanna fight well come on
    And line up
    When the going gets tough
    And your talk ain't enough
    Line up

    We gotta get up, get out before they get us down
    Coz 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 yo eyes
    You don't get funked up

    If you gots 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

    You're head's down, sittin' round
    Pick yo face up off the ground
    And get yo self together baby
    And learn to st-and tough
    Come on and 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 you're only way in
    Is line up

    If we all wanna live
    And we all gotta give
    Line up

    We gotta get up, get out before they get us down
    Cause we're 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
    If you think that you're strong
    Wanna fight then come on
    Line up
    Line up

    You gotta get yourself together
    You gotta stand up and be counted
    You gotta love, you gotta love, you gotta love, you gotta love
    Uh

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    Amazing

    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

    And 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 n' tired
    Of livin' a lie
    I was wishing that I would die

    It's amazing
    With the blink of an eye
    You finally see the light
    Oh it's amazing
    When the moment arrives
    You know you'll be alright
    Yeah it's amazing
    And I'm saying a prayer
    For the desperate hearts tonight

    That one last shot's a Permanent Vacation
    And a 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 listen
    To all that righteous talk oh yeah
    I was out on the street
    Just tryin' to survive
    Scratchin' to stay alive

    It's amazing
    With the blink of an eye
    You finally see the light
    Oh it's amazing
    When the moment arrives
    That you know you'll be alright
    Oh it's amazing
    And I'm saying a prayer
    For the desperate hearts tonight

    "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. Goodnight!"

  • 14

    Boogie Man

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