Cover art for Walk On Down by Aerosmith

Walk On Down

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Walk On Down Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You wonder why you got holes in your shoes
You wonder why they got more money than you
You wonder why you got nothing to lose
It makes no sense, don't try to figure it out

[Chorus]
You gotta walk on down
Walk on down
Walk on down
When you're shit out of luck
There's just one thing to do and that's
Walk on down
Walk on down
Walk on down
When you're shit out of luck
There's just one thing to do and that's
Yeah, huh

[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
You got to walk on down
Walk on down
Walk on down
When you're shit out of luck
There's just one thing to do and that's
Walk on down
Walk on down

[Bridge]
Because I got no time to lose
It's my life if I choose
Put on my walking shoes
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
You got to walk on down
Walk on down
Walk on down
When you're shit out of luck
There's just one thing to do and that's
*Dog barking*
Walk on down, yeah
Walk on down, yeah
Walk on down
When you're shit out of luck
There's just one thing to do and that's
Walk on down
Walk on down, down, down
Walk on down
When you're shit out of luck
There's just one thing to do and that's
Walk on down

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Genius Annotation

This Bluesy Rocker was the first Aerosmith sung by Joe Perry since “Bright Light Fright” from Draw the Line, a 16-year gap. Its message, straight from the pen of Perry himself, is to pick yourself up and keep going when things are looking bad because nobody is going to help you but yourself, an autobiographical message from experience from a man who famously struggled with drug abuse.

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Release Date
April 20, 1993
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