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"Livin' on the Edge" is a song by American hard rock band Aerosmith. The song was written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Mark Hudson. It was released in 1993 as the first single from the band's commercially successful album Get a Grip. The single reached on the Billboard Hot 100 and on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it remained for nine weeks, making it Aerosmith's most successful single on that chart. The song is one of Aerosmith's most successful attempts at tackling social issues. It reflects on the sorry state of the world ("There's something wrong with the world today"), religion ("We're seeing things in a different way and God knows it ain't his"), racism ("If you can judge a wise man by the color of his skin), among other things. However, the lyrics in the song also suggest that the world is still worth living in ("We could tell 'em no, or we could let it go, but I would rather be a-hangin' on"). The lyrics also contain a reference to the Yardbirds song, "Mister You're a Better Man Than I". According to the band's autobiography Walk This Way, the song was inspired by the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Steven Tyler also mentions in the book that the song features the sound of a bass drum he'd stolen out of his highschool (there is a point of silence in the middle of the song, followed by loud drum beats- this is the drum Tyler is referring to). The song was written by Mark Hudson, who notes that he wrote the song while strumming a guitar and thinking about what John Lennon might have said about the social issues of the day, if he were alive. Lyrics: There's something wrong with the world today I don't know what it is Something's wrong with our eyes We're seeing things in a different way And God knows it ain't His It sure ain't no surprise (YA!) (Chorus) We're livin' on the edge We're livin' on the edge We're livin' on the edge We're livin' on the edge There's someting wrong with the world today The lightbulb's gettin' dimmed There's meltdown in the sky If you can judge a wise man By the color of his skin Then mister, you're a better man than I (Chorus) We're Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself from fallin' Livin' on the edge You can't help yourself at aaaaaaaall! Livin' on the edge You can't stop yourself from faaaaaaaallin' Livin' on the edge Tell me what you think about our sit-u-a-tion Complication - aggravation Is getting to you If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin' Even if it wasn't would you still come crawling Back again - I bet you would my friend Again & Again & Again & Again & Again Tell me what you think about our situation Complication - aggravation Is getting to you If chicken little tells you that the sky is fallin' Even if it was would you still come crawling Back again - I bet you would my friend Again & Again & Again & Again Something right with the world today And everybody knows it's wrong But we can tell 'em no Or we could let it go But I would rather be a hanging on (Chorus) yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Repeat Chorus)