Released: April 1, 1984
Songwriter: James Young
Producer: Styx
You were the apple of the public's eye
As you cut the ribbon at the local mall
A mirage for both you and us
How can this be real?
We love your body in that photograph
Your home state sure must be proud
The queen of the United States
Have you lost your crown?
Well, aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Well, are you really who we think you are?
Or does your smile seem to wear you down?
Is the girl who you once were
Screaming to jump out?
In the dream that you must live
A disease for which there is no cure
This rollercoaster ride you're on
Won't stop to let you off
Well, aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Well, aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Well, it's true just take a look
The cover sometimes makes the book
And the judges, did they ever ask
To read between your lines?
In your cage at the human zoo
They all stop to look at you
Next year, what will you do
When you have been forgotten?
Aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
As you cut the ribbon at the local mall
A mirage for both you and us
How can this be real?
We love your body in that photograph
Your home state sure must be proud
The queen of the United States
Have you lost your crown?
Well, aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Well, are you really who we think you are?
Or does your smile seem to wear you down?
Is the girl who you once were
Screaming to jump out?
In the dream that you must live
A disease for which there is no cure
This rollercoaster ride you're on
Won't stop to let you off
Well, aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Well, aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Well, it's true just take a look
The cover sometimes makes the book
And the judges, did they ever ask
To read between your lines?
In your cage at the human zoo
They all stop to look at you
Next year, what will you do
When you have been forgotten?
Aren't you (Miss America?)
Don't you (Miss America?)
Won't you (Miss America, our love?)
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
Miss America
more tracks from the album
Caught in the Act
- Rockin’ the Paradise [Caught in the Act]
- Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man) [Caught in the Act]
- Boat on the River [Caught in the Act]
- Don’t Let It End [Caught in the Act]
- Miss America [Caught in the Act]
- Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) [Caught in the Act]
- Suite Madame Blue [Caught in the Act]
- State Street Sadie/The Best of Times [Caught in the Act]
- Snowblind [Caught in the Act]
- Too Much Time on My Hands [Caught in the Act]
- Mr. Roboto [Caught in the Act]
- Babe [Caught in the Act]
- Come Sail Away [Caught in the Act]
- Music Time
- Crystal Ball [Caught in the Act]
From the album
- Caught in the Act (1984)
Styx popular songs
- Renegade
- Mr. Roboto
- Babe
- Too Much Time on My Hands
- Boat on the River
- Come Sail Away
- Lady
- The Best of Times
- Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
- Show Me the Way
- The Grand Illusion
- Don’t Let It End
- Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
- Crystal Ball
- Rockin’ the Paradise [Caught in the Act]
- Snowblind
- Miss America
- Pieces of Eight
- Suite Madame Blue
- Sing for the Day
- Man in the Wilderness
- Lorelei
- Winner Take All
- Lies