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1578: 22: 329:-playing technique and Tyler's lyrics tell the story of a character trying to search for the woman of his dreams. The character is in need of someone who shares the work with him and has been through the same difficulties in their life as he has. It was written in 1970. 1257: 1476: 1236: 1622: 310:
and his friend Steven Emspak and released in June 1973, its A-side peaked at number 59 nationally but was a major success in the band's home city of
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Aerosmith regularly performed the song throughout the early seventies, the first known time was in
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Devil's Got a New Disguise: The Very Best of Aerosmith
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Classic Aerosmith: The Universal Masters Collection
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Song
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Aerosmith
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Dream On
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Columbia
Songwriter(s)
Steven Tyler
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Adrian Barber
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