Lyrics to
Rats In The Cellar

This version of Rats In The Cellar was released by Aerosmith in 1976.

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Goin’ under, rats in the cellar
Goin’ under, skin’s turnin’ yellow
Nose is runny, losin’ my connection
Losin’ money, getting no affection

New York City blues
East side, West side blues
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you can
Believe
That you’re wearing
Tearing me apart

Safe complaining, ’cause everything’s rotten
Go insanin’, and ain’t a thing forgotten
Feelin’ cozy, Rats In The Cellar
Cheeks are rosy, skin’s turning yellow
Loose and soggy, lookin’ rather lazy
See my body, pushin up the daisies

New York City’s dues
East side, west side news
Throw me in the slam
Catch me if you can
Believe
That you’re wearing
Tearing me apart

New York City blues
East side, west side blues
Throw me in the slam
A catch me if you can
Believe
That you’re wearing
Tearing me apart

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About Lyrics and Rats In The Cellar by Aerosmith

When you decide to study the lyrics to Rats In The Cellar, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1976 song by Aerosmith. Some of the lyrics to Rats In The Cellar 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 Rats In The Cellar 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 Rats In The Cellar" means the words set to the music of Rats In The Cellar, 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 Rats In The Cellar and the lyrics to Rats In The Cellar 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 Rats In The Cellar, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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