[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
Suze, 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
Talk about it...
Dedumdudidudi

[Chorus]

She looked, well, about thirty five to me
When mine was still comin' on to you
But I was covered back, back then
'Cause me and the boys
Knew hot courier

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 and thin
Never thought 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
Talk about it...
Dedumdudidudi

[Chorus x2]

Huh!

[Chorus]


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    I heard this song has some criticism of Joe Perry... you know it belongs to the album "Rock in a hard place" where the band was divided

    eva_floydon March 14, 2007   Link
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    General Comment

    I was about to post a comment again saying "I agree with you.... eva_floyd"???? I had the hope that someone else had posted other comment apart from me...

    I do like this song, sexy sound... and a hard message to Joe Perry hehe...

    Keep rocking in a hard place!

    eva_floydon September 19, 2007   Link
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    I love this song. Very Tom Waits-esque

    BobbyjointRitualon September 24, 2007   Link
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    Steven Tyler wrote the song. It is about his then girlfriend (later wife) and her sister.

    Into_the_Piton May 13, 2015   Link

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