Lyrics to
Draw The Line

This version of Draw The Line was released by Aerosmith in 1977.

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Checkmate honey, beat you at your own damn game
No dice honey, I’m livin’ on a astral plane
Feet’s on the ground, and your head’s goin’ down the drain
Oh, heads I win, tails you lose, to the never mind
When to draw the line

A Indian summer, Carrie was all over the floor
She was a wet net winner, and rarely ever left the store
She’d sing and dance all night, and wrong all the right outa me
Oh, pass me the vile and cross your fingers, it don’t take time
Nowhere to draw the line

Hi ho silver, we were singin’ all your cowboy songs
Oh, you told Carrie, and promised her you wouldn’t be long
Heads I win, tails you lose, lord it’s such a crime
No dice honey, you the salt, you’re the queen of the brine
Checkmate honey, you’re the only one who’s got ta choose
Where to draw the line

Checkmate, don’t be late
Take another pull
That’s right impossible
When you got to be yourself
You’re the boss of the toss
The dice, the price
Grab yourself a slice
Know where to draw the line

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About Lyrics and Draw The Line by Aerosmith

When you decide to study the lyrics to Draw The Line, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Aerosmith. Some of the lyrics to Draw The Line have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Aerosmith and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Draw The Line if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Draw The Line" means the words set to the music of Draw The Line, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Aerosmith. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Draw The Line and the lyrics to Draw The Line are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Aerosmith who came here looking just for the lyrics to Draw The Line, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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