Aerosmith scored their first top 20 single in ten years with “Dude (Looks Like a Lady)”, the first single from Permanent Vacation. But its third single, “Angel”, outdid all of their previous hits.
After reaching #4 on the US Rock Chart in March 1988, “Angel” also crossed over to pop – climbing all...
[Verse 1]
I'm alone
Yeah, I don't know if I can face the night
I'm in tears
And the cryin' that I do is for you
[Pre-Chorus]
I want your love, let's break the walls between us
Don't make it tough, I'll put away my pride
Enough's enough, I've suffered and I've seen the light
Baby
[Chorus]
You're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and make it all right
[Verse 2]
Don't know what I'm going to do
About this feeling inside
Yes it's true
Loneliness took me for a ride, yeah, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
Without your love I'm nothing but a begger
Without your love, a dog without a bone
What can I do? I'm sleeping in this bed alone
Baby
[Chorus]
You're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and make it all right
Come and save me tonight
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
You're the reason I live
You're the reason I die
You're the reason I give
When I break down and cry
Don't need no reason why
Baby, baby, baby
[Chorus]
You're my angel
Come and save me tonight
You're my angel
Come and make it all right
You're my a-a-a-angel
Come and save me tonight (Angel)
You're my a-a-a-angel
Come and take me all right
[Outro]
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Come and save me tonight
Angel was written by Steven Tyler & Desmond Child.
Angel was produced by Bruce Fairbairn.
Joe Perry told Guitar World in 1990 about the only criticism the band received about Permanent Vacation:
The only negative thing I remember hearing was that some of the real hard core head-hitters accused us of “selling out.” They were saying things like, “I don’t know why you’re doing a song like...
Co-writer Desmond Child told Songfacts:
Steven said at that time he met a very beautiful woman named Teresa, who he married, and he said, “She’s my angel.” And when he said “angel,” I looked at him, and he has those big blubber lips like Mick Jagger, right? When he said “angel,” it reminded me of M...