Released: January 19, 1981
Songwriter: Dennis DeYoung
Producer: Tommy Shaw James Young John Panozzo Chuck Panozzo Dennis DeYoung
Tonight's the night we'll make history
Honey, you and I
And I'll take any risk to tie back the hands of time
And stay with you here tonight
I know you feel these are the worst of times
I do believe it's true
When people lock their doors and hide inside
Rumor has it, it's the end of paradise
But I know, if the world just passed us by
Baby I know, I wouldn't have to cry, no no
The best of times are when I'm alone with you
Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two
Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime
We'll take the best, forget the rest
And someday we'll find
These are the best of times
These are the best of times
The headlines read, "These are the worst of times"
I do believe it's true
I feel so helpless like a boat against the tide
I wish the summer winds could bring back paradise
But I know, if the world turned upside down
Baby, I know you'd always be around, my my
The best of times are when I'm alone with you
Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two
The best of times are when I'm alone with you
Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two
Honey, you and I
And I'll take any risk to tie back the hands of time
And stay with you here tonight
I know you feel these are the worst of times
I do believe it's true
When people lock their doors and hide inside
Rumor has it, it's the end of paradise
But I know, if the world just passed us by
Baby I know, I wouldn't have to cry, no no
The best of times are when I'm alone with you
Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two
Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime
We'll take the best, forget the rest
And someday we'll find
These are the best of times
These are the best of times
The headlines read, "These are the worst of times"
I do believe it's true
I feel so helpless like a boat against the tide
I wish the summer winds could bring back paradise
But I know, if the world turned upside down
Baby, I know you'd always be around, my my
The best of times are when I'm alone with you
Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two
The best of times are when I'm alone with you
Some rain some shine, we'll make this a world for two
more tracks from the album
Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology
- Renegade
- Winner Take All
- Babe
- The Best of Times
- One with Everything
- Light Up
- Crystal Ball
- Miss America
- Sing for the Day
- Mademoiselle
- Show Me the Way
- Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)
- Best Thing
- Prelude 12
- Boat on the River
- You Need Love
- A.D. 1928
- Borrowed Time
- Rock & Roll Feeling
- Lady
- Come Sail Away
- Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)
- The Grand Illusion
- Too Much Time on My Hands
- Lorelei
- Mr. Roboto
- Suite Madame Blue
- Dear John
- Love Is the Ritual
- Snowblind
- Rockin’ the Paradise
- Shooz
- Pieces of Eight
- Lights
- Man in the Wilderness (Extended Version)
From the albums
- The Best of Soft Rock: Into The Night
- Paradise Theatre (1981)
- Classics Volume 15 (1987)
- Greatest Hits (1995)
- Come Sail Away: The Styx Anthology (2004)
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
- Hallelujah Chorus
- What Has Come Between Us