What It Takes is a power ballad by American hard rock band Aerosmith. It was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond Child. It was released in 1990 as the third single from Aerosmiths critically and commercially successful 1989 album Pump. In the video The Making of Pump, A&R man John Kalodner described the song as a masterpiece. During live performances, Tyler sings the first verse a cappella and belts out one of his signature screams right before the chorus. The album version of the song is followed by an untitled hidden track.The song contained numerous references to other Aerosmith songs in its lyrics. Tyler spells F.I.N.E. in the second verse and mentions that his hearts been doing time (Hearts Done Time). Another lyric, leave your life to the toss of the dice, relates to the Love in an Elevator lyric, betting on the dice Im tossing. The song contains other, smaller references. It is not uncommon for Aerosmith to reference their own songs within their songs (for example, Eat The Rich, Legendary Child, and Just Push Play all contain references to Walk This Way). From Wikipedia What It Takes There goes my old girlfriend, theres another diamond ring And, uh, all those late night promises I guess they dont mean a thing So baby, whats the story? Did you find another man? Is it easy to sleep in the bed that we made? When you dont look back I guess the feelings start to fade away. I used to feel your fire But now its cold inside And youre back on the street like you didnt miss a beat, yeah [Chorus:] Tell me what it takes to let you go Tell me how the pains supposed to go Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice? Tell me what it takes to let you go. Yeah Girl, before I met you I was F.I.N.E. Fine but your love made me a prisoner, yeah my hearts been doing time You spent me up like money, then you hung me out to dry It was easy to keep all your lies in disguise Cause you had me in deep with the devil in your eyes [Chorus] Guitar! Tell me that youre happy that youre on your own Yeah, yeah, yeah Tell me that its better when youre all alone Tell me that your body doesnt miss my touch Tell me that my lovin didnt mean that much Tell me you aint dyin when youre cryin for me [Chorus] Tell me what it takes to let you go Tell me how the pains supposed to go Tell me how it is that you can sleep in the night Without thinking you lost everything that was good in your life to the toss of the dice? Tell me whos to blame for thinkin twice No no no no cause I dont wanna burn in paradise Ooo Let go, let go, let go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go, let it go I dont wanna burn, I dont wanna burn https://youtube/watch?v=CSnuQcFgvDo
Posted on: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 16:47:26 +0000
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