Lyrics From Get A Grip

Intro

   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

Eat The Rich

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance)

   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 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 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
   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
   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 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

   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

Get A Grip

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jim Vallance)

   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
      If 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'm so short sighted
   Now the wrong been righted
   I feel so delighted
   I get so excited

   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

   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

Fever

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry)

   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 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 you're excuse

   We got the fever, fever, fever, fever

   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

   I got the fever
   You know I get a 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 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

Livin' On The Edge

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson)

   There's somethin' wrong with the world today
   I don't know what it is
   Something's wrong with our eyes

   We're seein' things in a different way
   And God knows it ain't his
   It shore ain't no surprise

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

   Chorus:
      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 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 crawlin' 
   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

   If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin'
   Even if it was would you still come crawlin' 
   Back again
   I bet you would my friend
   Again & again & again & again and

   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

   Chorus

   Livin' on the edge
   Livin' on the edge
   Livin' on the edge

   Chorus

   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

Flesh

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child)

   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 got to have
   Flesh
   It's got me all soakin' wet
   Flesh
   The only thing that's worth the sweat
   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

   Flesh

Walk On Down

   (Perry)

   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

   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
   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

Shut Up And Dance

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Jack Blades, Tommy Shaw)

   Chorus:
      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

   Chorus

   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

   Chorus

   When you work your fingers to the bone
   And 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 you'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, you run
   When you're splittin hairs with Mr. Clean
   It' like gettin head from a guillotine
   And the night has just begun

   Chorus

   Chorus

   Chorus

Cryin'

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Taylor Rhodes)

   There was a time
   When I was so broken hearted
   Love wasn't much of a friend of mine
   The tables have turned
   '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
   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 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
   Till 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' 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 dyin' to forget you
   Your love is sweet misery
   I was cryin' when I met you

Gotta Love It

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Mark Hudson)

   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 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...

   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
   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

   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   Gotta love it
   Gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it
   You gotta love it...

Crazy

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Desmond Child)

   Come here 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
   It always seems you got som'm 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 been givin' me that line so many times it kinda gets
      like feelin' bad looks good 

   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
   But I know you ain't wearin' nothin' underneath that overcoat
   And it's all a show

   That kind of lovin'
   Makes me wanna pull
   Down the shade
   That kind of lovin'
   Yeah now I'm never, never, never, never gonna be the same

   Chorus

   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
   Girl cause I'm goin' crazy

   Crazy, crazy, crazy for you baby
   You turn it on, then your gone
   Yeah you drive me

Line Up

   (Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Lenny Kravitz)

   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
   'Coz livin up against the wall
   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

   If you gots 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

   You're head's down, sittin' round
   Pick your face up off the ground
   And get yo self together baby
   And learn to st-and tough
   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 you're 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
   Has got us locked up
   Come on and line up, 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
   Line up, line up
   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

Amazing

   (Steven Tyler, Richie Supa)

   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

   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
   Yeah it's amazing
   And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight

   That one last shot's 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 listen to all that righteous talk
   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 sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight

   Desperate hearts, desperate hearts

   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