Aerosmith - Rock In A Hard Place (1982) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven Tyler - Lead Vocals, Harmonica, Percussion, Keyboards Jimmy Crespo - Guitar Rick Dufay - Guitar Tom Hamilton - Bass Joey Kramer - Drums Joe Lievano - Guitar. Paul Harris - Piano. John Turi - Saxophone. Jack Douglas - Percussion. Reinhard Straub - Violins. Produced by Steven Tyler and Jack Douglas. Engineered by Godfrey Diamond. Recorded at Power Station, NYC and Criteria Studios, Miami, FL, 1982. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Jailbait (Tyler, Crespo) 4:38 2) Lightning Strikes (Richie Supa) 4:26 3) Bitch's Brew (Tyler, Crespo) 4:13 4) Bolivian Ragamuffin (Tyler, Crespo) 3:32 5) Cry Me A River (Hamilton) 4:06 6) Prelude To Joanie (Tyler) 1:20 7) Joanie's Butterfly (Tyler, Crespo, Douglas) 5:34 8) Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat) (Tyler, Crespo, Douglas) 4:45 9) Jig Is Up (Tyler, Crespo) 3:09 10) Push Comes To Shove (Tyler) 4:29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Jailbait (Tyler, Crespo) 4:38 Take me, take me... Take it or a-leave it on a saturday night And what you see is what you get so give me a bite Here are lots of ladies, they are so insecure Leave it to the boys and the fool on the hill Hello baby, yeah it's me There'll be no judge, no third degree no jailbait Play the fool and you play the punk Wake up babe, I'm a-don't know jailbait I believe in someone talkin' Can't let go you don't get hold on jailbait What it is, but you believe it What you got, got up the sleeve and jailbait Oh, J-j-j-Jailbait (2) Oh, J-j-j-j-Jailbait Take it, leave it, roll the dice You're hard as hell, I'm cold as ice no Jailbait Tell your daddy how you do me Put the woodcheck, do it to me Jailbait What you see in daddy's eyes Check the boys, no surprise no Jailbait Oh, J-j-j-jailbait Oh, J-j-j-j-j-j-jailbait Oh, J-j-j-jailbait (2) Oh, J-j-j-j-j-jailbait Do me, do you, tell me what you see in me too Do me, do you I ain't complainin' the Bitch's Brew There's a lover who never knew she's Jailbait Steep the chase, call the sweat You steep the feet, oh gracer bed, oh Jailbait Oh, J-j-j-j-j-jailbait (2) Oh, J-j-j-j-j-j-jailbait J-j-j-j-j-j-j Oh, J-j-j-j-jailbait ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) Lightning Strikes (Richie Supa) 4:26 Boys, it looks, are ready to rumble The word on the street some heads are gonna tumble Blades gonna flash when streets gang clash In the avenue tonight When the Lightning Strikes Zip gun Johnnys finger is itchin' The lid's gonna blow up in hell's kitchen It's an eye for an eye And a tooth for a tooth It's so ruthless when they fight When the Lightning Strikes And it's free for all in the parking lot And who'll rule the Street And the night explodes When the cops bring down the heat And the chains they crash like thunder While the weak ones all retreat Gotta draw first blood Or they'll read your funeral rights When the Lightning Strikes It's dog eat dog when you meet your rival And the combat zone it's your means of survival Gonna get last licks on a suicide blitz With a broken dagger knife When the Lightning Strikes And it's free for all in the parking lot And who'll rule the Street And the night explodes When the cops bring down the heat And the chains they crash like thunder While the weak ones all retreat Gotta draw first blood Or they'll read your funeral rights Oh, oh... When the Lightning Strikes (3) Lightning and thunder When the Lightning Strikes... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) Bitch's Brew (Tyler, Crespo) 4:13 I tell ya kinky You foxy little flirt I caught you in the biar path Liftin' up your skirt Well let me tell ya What you been doin' in the Firepatch What you been doin' with your little skirt Got.... You've been foolin' with the Bitch's Brew You know the things I told you not to do You fell into the briar patch Ain't nothing gonna save your ass Remember the things you said The saving and the screams for bread And now you just walked away So take it away, all the way You're fooling with the Bitch's Brew That ain't the thing you ought to fool with Now you keep your fingers out of there, honey You know that ain't no there The way that you really feel Down the parts on the way you deal Where the witch is sight And the things that you fight (Oh God) You've been messin' with the Bitch's Brew Now don't you know who you're talking to Say you're talking to the Bitch's who Tell me you never really cared The Voodoo man eyes of fire The Hoodoo man most desire The Bitches are out n' smooth Tell from the light of the moon (Yodle-lay-lay-lay, yeah, yeah, yeah, come on) I've been thinkin' Had my hands through the sense of time Yeah, and I've been drinkin' Just to make this here song rhyme You're foolin' with the Bitch's Brew Now don't you, don't you, don't you, don't you... Don't go foolin' with the Bitch's Brew... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) Bolivian Ragamuffin (Tyler, Crespo) 3:32 Pack up your troubles in your old gym bag You gotta dance to the tune of Bolivian Ragamuffin I'll take short brakes Love her 'til the ice breaks Stand on the seashore lookin' at the city See the street light look like a lady on the titty In the wax museum everybody can see themselves As others can see them but nobody wants to be the baby Tough break - cabbage head Try to get a salad made Hold my pickle, hold the lettuce Session waters don't upset us Kid's span face looks so even like a needle Never make third base like a toilet bowl cleaner Like an squawk-eight fool with the dooner over double If I have to do rock a roller up a jello Statiol coverslag, smokin' bowl no feelin' high Burn and people, try to let us Hush I'm for hm, what I'm saying See me kiss - can you prepance Waitin' for - Gotta have a dance Say me now - Say all I need is a chance I ain't gonna do it... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) Cry Me A River (Hamilton) 4:06 Now you say you're lonely You cry the whole night through Well you can Cry Me A River, Cry Me A River I'll cried a river over you Now you say you're sorry For being so untrue Well you can Cry Me A River, Cry Me A River I'll cried a river over you Now you say you're sorry For being so untrue Well you can Cry Me A River, Cry Me A River I'll cried a river over you You drove me, baby, drove me out of my pain Why, you never shed a tear Remember all, remember all that she said Told me love was to be in, you was, you was... Now you say you love me Well, just to prove you do Come on and Cry Me A River, Cry Me A River I'll cried a river over you (2) I'll cried a river over (yah yah, yeah, yah yah, yeah...) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Prelude To Joanie (Tyler) 1:20 At first we three thought It was the biblical cord of life The noticing 'twas connected to his head How strange, not to believed I reached out to feel and the pony's eyes opened The cord got hard, the head looked around And you know who pushed and gushed The waters of life First two hooved feet, then the shine of his fur But at first to my eyes only Feather - feathers - wings The butterflies flew up in such colors Exploding all around us The rest I did not see - till there he stood - All eyes in wonder Who me Who you Look ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) Joanie's Butterfly (Tyler, Crespo, Douglas) 5:34 And what a stormy night I met the pony It was so dark that i could hardly see It smelled so sweet you know who and Joanie So many butterflies one could not see We all could feel desire Took off in flight It was hotter than fire Than came the light Oh, oooh Oh, Ah, Now smell the heat The dancing pony unwrapped his wings To try off Joanie The pony he grew in size In thunder and rain And finally realize What he was and what he does And what he couldn't stay And left to kiss the cheek of Mother Nature Nobody here can denie such things He's created as you look'm honey No butterfly should be denied his wings He was a kick ass rocking horse He like a hell bent tied to the Gavin Pole It was a one-time fantasy I got to grab hold and fly into the Holy Land Bare back, riding like like a butterplane Nightmares, and he can hold the candle to my dreams Oh we rode tonight I talked to believe in What I saw all right It was everything We flew into burning skies The thunder and rain And finally realize What he is and what he does And what he couldn't stay Oh, no, no... Took off in flight Oh, no, no... Bare back somethings coming over me Not mess and he can hold the candle to my dreams No live to breathe No stable lights No try to please Nobody's eyes We'll never see lust again And tell me the pain Bury it all again We have a good time Somebody shot him down Now tell me, tell me, tell me never We could really cause a course in time Listen bissin' to your old pleasures Bissin' listenin' be a king of spine He was a keep grass rocking horse He was a one time fantasy A two two...? A three three? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Rock In A Hard Place (Cheshire Cat) (Tyler, Crespo, Douglas) 4:45 It was a take it or a leave it On a Saturday night I wish I could love you 'til the cats come home And make it right If it's a make believe I say I ain't tell you then 'Cause if it's a dream my memories wake me up and start again Oh, close your eyes and what do you see Oh, look overhow you could do with your only believes Chorus: She was a real top manner Lots of nothing other Hard Core biloozy Late night rubber A second hand clothes Smiling like a Cheshire Cat Well it was either now or walkin down the urchin' moon Only a certain situation you could see I'm who Putting the ring around the rose n' pull the daisy chain Well, we are here, can tell me you ain't with that bachelor thing Oh, close your eyes and what do you see Oh, nothing but hammer to you with your only decease in me Chorus If you have wanna won with me You're not to have be here tonight Want you to hold it down And let me lose a rock me right Want you to get it on I'm your main man Brother you never learned Come on and rock again Oh, close your eyes and what do you see Rumbelin' happy to do with your only believes in me Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9) Jig Is Up (Tyler, Crespo) 3:09 Yeah, hey hey, hey hey... Dancing queen, sold like black vaseline She was a long tall Sally joystick Know what I seen She was all right Drashing spurs Pong man, puss n' boots She was a long-long live, long live who Sweet pretty lady (Lick 'em, love 'em) Booze and a-fruities (Push 'em, shove 'em) All kinda crazy (Love for my cousin) Hey lime juicy De, de, de, de..... New York chicks Old jock wild in the city Got a moon lady Drive me crazy Do what you do, do She was all tight I mean all right (heh heh) Sweet painted lady (Lick 'em, love 'em) Lose and a fruities (Push 'em, shove 'em) All kinda crazy (Love for my cousin) Hey lime juicy De, de, de...sure... Sweet painted lady (Lick lick love 'em) Lose and a fruities (Push push shove 'em) All kinda crazy (Love for my cousin) Hey lime juicy De, de, de ... sure... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10) Push Comes To Shove (Tyler) 4:29 Chorus: Can you be in love When you live alone Push Comes To Shove When you're bitchin' on Now look at every I'm tonne on you without a doubt Said the music does the talkin' But all we heard is talk about The girls are left behind When forty women all spend time With me and the boys And the toys, yeah Rose said she was fine for two With blonde hair, by crack it Miles of blue Sooge, she was on my side 'Cause she and Nancy Ah they took me for a ride The girls are left behind When forty women all spend time With me and the boys And they do, yeah the toys Talk about it Walk about it Talk about it Talkabubi Talk about it (2) Dedumdudidudi Chorus She looked, well, about 35 to me When mine was still comin' on to you But I was covered back, back then 'Cause me and the boys Knew hot courior The girls are left behind When forty women all spend time With me and the boys And the toys in the attic Her sister, she was lank a fin Never tought I'd given in Her candle of youth was burnin' low But me and the boys Knew something had to go The girls are left behind When forty women all spend time With me and the boys Dededudidudu... Talk about it Walk about it Talk about it Talkabubi Talk about it (2) Dedumdudidudi Chorus (2) Huh! Chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------