Styx

Released: October 1, 1976

Songwriter: Dennis DeYoung

Producer: Chuck Panozzo John Panozzo James Young Tommy Shaw Dennis DeYoung

Jennifer
She drinks her sherry wine
She keeps her lady's love for me all the time
She's seventeen
Barely old enough to cry
A child in her father's eyes, a woman every night
Her love
Gives me the power
Her dreams carry me on
Jennifer, so inviting
That I sing
Jennifer
She took me by surprise
She told me that she's much too young to keep me satisfied
Jennifer
Ah so delicate and shy
A child in her mother's eyes but a woman every night
Her love
Gives me the power
Her dreams carry me on
Jennifer, so exciting
That I sing
Her love
Gives me the power
Her dreams carry me on
Jennifer, so exciting
That I sing

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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