Styx

Released: May 10, 2005

Songwriter: Ian Anderson

Producer: Gowan Todd Sucherman Tommy Shaw James Young Chuck Panozzo

In the shuffling madness
Of the locomotive breath
Runs the all-time loser
Headlong to his death

He feels the piston scraping
Steam breaking on his brow
Old charlie stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down

He sees his children jumping off
At the stations one by one
His woman and his best friend
In bed and having fun

He's crawling down the corridor
On his hands and knees
Old charlie stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down

He hears the silence howling
Catches angels as they fall
And the all-time winner
Has got him by the balls

He picks up Gideons bible
Open at page one
Old charlie stole the handle and
The train won't stop going
No way to slow down

Styx is a rock band from Chicago formed in 1970. They enjoyed great success with pop rock and hard rock songs, and became famous for their power ballads and album releases of the mid 1970s and early 80s.

The band has gone through some famously nasty internal struggles, drug problems, illnesses and deaths, but continues to perform today (with a significantly altered line-up). Tommy Shaw, from Montgomery, AL, left but returned to the band. Drummer John Panozzo developed a debilitating drinking problem and ultimately died. Dennis DeYoung developed an acute case of photosensitivity, and he left the band. They fought among themselves for control of the band name. Glen Burtnik also left and returned, this time on bass, to replace Chuck Panozzo (John’s brother), who had also left the band. (whew.)

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