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Kiss Your Past Good-Bye Lyrics
Finders keepers losers weep
Down on 42nd Street
Oh, bare foot children cryin' my, oh, my
I watched you on the avenue
While other men were having you
I think that you should let your caged bird fly
And kiss your past goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye...yeah
Kiss your past goodbye...yeah
Kiss your past goodbye
I've been so lost I must confess
I've had my share of loneliness
But yeah, it's hard to keep a good man down
The loves you lost were all in vain
The past lives on inside your brain
I don't think you need those memories hangin round
Yeah
Good-bye
Kiss your past goodbye
You gotta let it fly...hah
And kiss your past goodbye...yeah yeah yeah
(Oooh, kiss your past goodbye)
And if that bird don't fly away
There's just one thing I got to say
It's later than a deuce of ticks
Your broken heart, it needs a fix
You're feedin' off a high that would not last
And people they don't seem to care
And sorry just don't cut it, yeah
It seems to me you're gettin' nowhere fast
So kiss...your...past
Or kiss your ass goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
It's no marks if you cry...yeah
So kiss your past goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
Or kiss your ass goodbye
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Down on 42nd Street
Oh, bare foot children cryin' my, oh, my
I watched you on the avenue
While other men were having you
I think that you should let your caged bird fly
Kiss your past goodbye...yeah
Kiss your past goodbye...yeah
Kiss your past goodbye
I've had my share of loneliness
But yeah, it's hard to keep a good man down
The loves you lost were all in vain
The past lives on inside your brain
I don't think you need those memories hangin round
Yeah
Kiss your past goodbye
You gotta let it fly...hah
And kiss your past goodbye...yeah yeah yeah
There's just one thing I got to say
Your broken heart, it needs a fix
You're feedin' off a high that would not last
And people they don't seem to care
And sorry just don't cut it, yeah
It seems to me you're gettin' nowhere fast
Or kiss your ass goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
It's no marks if you cry...yeah
So kiss your past goodbye
Kiss your past goodbye
Or kiss your ass goodbye
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
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After just getting out of a 2 year relationship, with a situation similar to this one, the meaning of this song could not be cleaer to me.
He was betrayed by someone he put his trust in, hence the line about other men having you on the avenue.
Basically what this song is stating is to rid yourself of the memories. Because there is no chance of getting back together. And dweling on them will only consume you. This is clearly stated by the line "Or kiss your ass goodbye".
He's saying to get over the person, to move on, and not be brought down by the memories that try to push you to go back to the person even though there is no chance of it happening. Either that or you can choose to remember and live in sorrow.
At least that's the message I got from it.
Let's not judge this song on my phrase. "I watched you on the avenue While other men were having you" could indicate a prostitute, but this song seems to indicate more a likelihood of heartbreak rather than a hooker.
"Other men were having you" is probably his way to describe a woman that had been unfaithful to him during a relationship instead.
This song has meant different things to me throughout my life, but I believe that Steven Tyler is expressing his heartbreak over a lost relationship and mostly lingers on "The loves you lost were all in vain the past lives on inside your brain " instead.
Dwelling on a situation is unhealthy and unwarranted.
I believe he is singing to a hooker but I think he is also saying if you put your past behind you and move on things will be alot better then sitting and moaning and stiring in your own shit until u die...Life is about choices and only you can change your future for the better and only you can move on from the past! AeroSmith ROCKS OUT!!
he's singing it to a prostitue (no?) and again i hear so much feeling, emotions, rock,...in it. onley the "yeahs" make u feel to rock. great song to...just push play and lay on ur bed
LOL, i always did think this song was about a prostitute, but i wasn't sure if there was other meaning or not...i love this song tho, i love all of aerosmiths music, steven tyler is a musical einstien....well yeah :D
well ofcorse i'm not sure about that hehehe
i believe its about a girl he once knew and loved and she changed and hes reminding her she can fly away from this pain, though mayb not wid him xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Ok, hey people, I'm from Brasil And I need a help to understand In the last chorus Whats the lyrics the backing vocals sing I try but I can't understand
This song is about a prostitute hence the lyrics "I saw you on th avenue as other men were having you."
Whether it's about a prostitute or not, the general meaning is to let your past go and move on or else it's going to kill you. This is my favorite Aerosmith song of all time, which is kind of wierd since it's one of their least popular ones.