AEROSMITH'S GREATEST HITS

1-DREAM ON

(Tyler)

every time that I look in the mirror

all these lines on my face getting clearer

the past is gone

it went by like dusk to dawn

isn't that the way

everybody's got their dues in life to pay

yeah, I know nobody knows

where it comes and where it goes

I know it's everybody's sin

you got to lose to know how to win

half my life's in books' written pages

live and learn from fools and from sages

you know it's true

all the things come back to you

sing with me, sing for the years

sing for the laughter and sing for the tears

sing with me, if it's just for today

maybe tomorrow the good Lord will take you away

dream on (3x)

dream yourself a dream come true

dream on (3x)

dream until your dream comes true

dream on (7x)

2-SAME OLD SONG AND DANCE

(Tyler/Perry)

get yourself cooler, lay yourself low

coincidental murder, with nothing to show

with the judge, constipation will go to his head 

and his wife's aggravation, you're soon enough dead

it's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend (2x)

shady lookin' loser, you played with my gun 

no smoothy face laywer to getcha undone

say love ain't the same on the south side of town

you could look, but you ain't gonna find it around

it's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend

it's the same old story, same old story same old song and dance

fate comes a-knockin', doors start lockin'

your old time connection, change your direction

ain't gonna change it, can't rearrange it

can't stand the pain when it's all the same to you, my friend

when you're low down and dirty, from walkin' the street

with your old hurdy-gurdy, no one to meet

say love ain't the same, on the south side of town

you could look, but you ain't gonna find it around

3-SWEET EMOTION

(Tyler, Hamilton)

talk about things and nobody cares

wearing other things that nobody wears

ya callin' my name, but I gotta make it clear

can't say where I'm gonna be in a year.

some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent

said my get up and go musta got up & went.

you got good news but you're a real good liar 

cause backstage lover set your pants on fire. 

riff 8x, sweet emotion 2x

pulled into town in a police car 

your daddy said I took you just a little too far.

tellin' other things, but your girlfriend lied 

can't catch me cause the rabbit done died.

standin' in front just shakin' your ass.

take you back stage you can drink from my glass.

talk about something you can sure understand 

cause a month on the road and i'll be eatin' from your hand.

4-WALK THIS WAY

(Tyler/Perry)

backstroke lover always hidin' 'neath the covers

till I talked to your daddy, he say

he said "you ain't seen nothin' till you're down on a muffin

then you're sure to be a-changin' your ways"

I met a cheerleader, was a real young bleeder

oh, the times I could reminisce

'cause the best things of lovin' with her sister and her cousin

only started with a little kiss

like this!

seesaw swingin' with the boys in the school

and your feet flyin' up in the air

singin' "hey diddle diddle"

with your kitty in the middle of the swing

like you didn't care

so I took a big chance at the high school dance

with a missy who was ready to play

wasn't me she was foolin'

'cause she knew what she was doin'

and I knowed love was here to stay

when she told me to

walk this way (8x)

just gimme a kiss

like this!

schoolgirl sweetie with a classy kinda sassy

little skirt's climbin' way up the knee

there was three young ladies in the school gym locker

when I noticed they was lookin' at me

I was a high school loser, never made it with a lady

till the boys told me somethin' I missed

then my next door neighbor with a daughter had a favor

so I gave her just a little kiss

like this!

walk this way (8x)

just gimme a kiss

like this!

5-LAST CHILD

(Tyler, Whitford)

take me back to a south Tallahassee 

down cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassy 

can't stand up on my feet in the city 

got to get back to the real nitty gritty 

yes sir, No sir 

don't come close to my 

home sweet home 

can't catch no dose 

of my hot tail poon-tang sweatheart 

sweathog ready to make a silk purse 

from a J Paul Getty and his ear 

with a face in a beer 

home Sweet Home 

get out in the field, 

put the mule in the stable 

ma, she's A cookin' 

put the eats on the table 

hate's in the City and My love's in the meadow 

hand's on the plow and my feets in the ghetto 

stand up, sit down 

don't do nothin'

ain't no good when boss man's stuffin' 

down their throats with paper notes 

as babies cry 

when you're rockin' the street 

home Sweet Home

mamma take me home sweet home 

I was the last Child, just a punk in the street.

6-BACK IN THE SADDLE

(Tyler, Perry)

(Chorus)

I'm back!

I'm back in the saddle again

I'm back!

I'm back in the saddle again

ridin' into town alone by the light of the moon

I'm lookin' for old Sukie Jones, she crazy horse saloon

barkeep gimme a drink, that's when she caught my eye

she turned to give me a wink, that'd make a grown man cry

(Chorus)

come easy, go easy, all right until the rising sun

I'm calling all the shots tonight, I'm like a loaded gun

peelin' off my boots and chaps, I'm saddle sore

four bits gets you time in the racks, I scream for more

fools' gold out of their mines, the girls are soaking wet

no tongue's drier than mine, I'll come when I get back!

(Chorus)

I'm ridin', I'm loadin' up my pistol

I'm ridin', I really got a fistful

I'm ridin', I'm shinin' up my saddle

I'm ridin', this snake is gonna rattle

(Chorus)

ridin' high!(3x)

already! 

7-DRAW THE LINE

(Tyler/Perry)

checkmate honey, beat ya at your own damn game

no dice honey, I'm livin' on the astral plane

feet's on the ground, and your head's goin' down the drain

oh, heads I win, tails you lose, to the never mind

where to draw the line

an Indian summer, Carrie was all over the floor

she was a wet net winner, and rarely ever left the store

she'd sing and dance all night, and wrong all the right out of me

oh, pass me the vile and cross your fingers, it don't take time

nowhere to draw the line

hi ho silver, we were singin' all your cowboy songs

oh, you told Carrie, and promised her you wouldn't be long

heads I win, tails you lose, lord it's such a crime

no dice honey, you're the salt, you're the queen of the brine

checkmate honey, you're the only one who's got to choose

where to draw the line

checkmate, don't be late

take another pull

that's right 

impossible

when you got to be yourself

you're the boss, the toss

the price, the dice

grab yourself a slice

nowhere to draw the line

8-KINGS AND QUEENS

(Hamilton/Kramer/Tyler/Whitford/Douglas)

long ago in days untold 

were ruled by lords of greed

maidens fared with gold they dared

to bare their wombs that bleed

kings and queens and guillotines 

taking lives denied

starch and parchment laid the laws 

when bishops took the ride

only to deceive

oh I know I 

lived this life afore

somehow I know now 

truths I must be sure

tossin', turnin', nightmares burnin'

dreams of swords in hand

sailing ships, the Viking spits

the blood of father's land

only to deceive

living times of knights and mares

raising swords for maidens fair

sneer at death, fear only loss of pride

living other centuries

deja vu or what you please

follows true to all who do or die

screams of no reply

they died

screams of no reply

and died died

lordy, lordy, they died

9-COME TOGETHER

(Lennon/McCartney)

here come old flat top, he come

groovin' up slowly, he got

juju eyeball, he one

holy roller, he got

hair down to his knee

got to be a joker he just do what he please

he wear no shoeshine, he got

toejam football, he got

monkey finger, he shoot

coca-cola, he say

I know you, you know me

one thing I can tell you is you got to be free

come together

right now

over me

he bag production, he got

walrus gumboat, he got

ono sideboard, he one

spinal cracker, he got

feet down below his knee

hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease

he roller coaster, he got

early warning, he got

muddy water, he one

mojo filter, he say

one and one and one is three

got to be good lookin' cause he's so hard to see

10-REMEMBER (WALKING IN THE SAND)

(Morton)

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

it said that we was through

she found somebody new

oh, lemme think, lemme think, what shall I do?

oh no, oh no, oh no no no no no...

(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

whatever happened to

that girl that I once knew

the girl that said she'd be true

oh, whatever happened to

that night I gave it to you