Aerosmith - Dude (looks like a lady)

Dude (looks like a lady) Lyric

Cruised into a bar on the shore
Her picture graced the grime on the door
She a long lost love at first bite
Baby,Maybe you're wrong
But you know it's all right-that's right

Backstage,
We're having the time of our lives,
Until somebody says,
'Forgive me if I seem out of line'
Then she whipped out her gun
and tried to blow me away

Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady
Dude looks like a lady

So, never judge a book by its cover
Or who you gonna love by your lover
Love put me wise to her love,
In disguise
She had the body of a venus
Lord, imagine my suprise

Baby let me follow you down
Let me take a peek dear
Baby, let me follow you down
Do, do me, do me all night
Baby, let me follow you down
Turn the other cheek, dear
Baby, let me follow you down
Do me, do me
Sue me, sue me

What a funky lady
Oh, she like it, like it, like it, like it
Oh, he was a lady

Song Notes : "This was Aerosmith's comeback single. Their last hit was a remake of "Come Together" in 1978. After years of drug addiction and poor records, they emerged clean with Permanent Vacation and went on to enormous success"

"The song is about a cross-dresser. While Aerosmith is a very heterosexual band, they were secure enough to sing about wanting sex with the "Dude" even after they discover he is a man"

"This was inspired by Vince Neil, lead singer of Motley Crue. Steven Tyler saw Vince in a bar surrounded by a harem of girls and wondered how he picked up so many girls when he looked like one"

"Lead singer Steven Tyler has worn feminine clothes on stage since the '70s. Many of the "Hair Bands" like Cinderella, Guns N' Roses, and Skid Row that were popular when this was released, wore clothes and makeup similar to what Tyler had been wearing for years"

"Joe Perry and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith wrote this with Desmond Child. As a songwriter and producer, Child has contributed to hits by Ricky Martin, Bon Jovi and Bush"

This was the first of 4 hits from the album. The others were "Angel," "Rag Doll," and "Love In An Elevator."