Lyrics to
Last Child

This version of Last Child was released by Aerosmith in 1976.

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I’m dreaming tonight, I’m living back home
Right!
Yeah…yeah

Take me back to a south Tallahassee
Down cross the bridge to my sweet sassafrassy
Can’t stand up on my feet in the city
Gotta get back to the real nitty gritty

Yes sir, no sir
Don’t come close to my
Home sweet home
Can’t catch no dose
Of my hot tail poon tang sweetheart
Sweathog ready to make a silk purse
From a J Paul Getty and his ear
With her face in her beer

Home sweet home

Get out in the field
Put the mule in the stable
Ma she’s a cookin’
Put the eats on the table
Hate’s in the city
And my love’s in the meadow
Hands on the plow
And my feets in the ghetto

Stand up, sit down
Don’t do nothing
It ain’t no good when boss man’s
Stuffin’ down their throats
For paper notes
And their babies cry
While cities lie at their feet
When you’re rockin’ the street

Home sweet home

Mama, take me home sweet home

I was the last child
I’m just a punk in the street

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About Lyrics and Last Child by Aerosmith

The lyrics to Last Child are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Aerosmith in 1976. Elements of the lyrics to Last Child are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Aerosmith and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Last Child back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Last Child by Aerosmith in a number of ways. 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 Last Child" means the words set to the music of Last Child, 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 Last Child and the lyrics to Last Child 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 Last Child, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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