Styx

Released: February 18, 2003

Songwriter: Gowan Glen Burtnik Todd Sucherman James Young Tommy Shaw

Producer: Gary Loizzo James Young Tommy Shaw

Rush down, down to the first floor
There never seems to be enough time
Push hard and push a little bit more
A cup of coffee and I'm gonna be fine
Fine as I could be now
Me and you, we do what we gotta do
We only want to have a good life
It's tough, we don't see each other enough
And sometime the going gets rough
Still we keep pushing on through
We could use another summer of love
It's cloudy here
But there's a blue sky up above
If we could only fly away from here
We could say goodbye to all the tears
And maybe we could spend the rest of our years
Together, together
Sometimes I watch the TV news
I wanna say what's the use in trying
'Cause come on, what kind of difference
Can one man make
Yeah, but how much more can I take
I think back when I was a little kid
I did what little kids did
Played war 'til I didn't wanna play no more
Hey and that's when love stepped in
Changed everything again
It's never too late for a summer of love
Yeah, it's cloudy here
But there's a blue sky up above
If we could only fly away from here
We could say goodbye to all the tears
And maybe we could spend the rest of our years
Together, we could be together
These are crazy times, it's a different world
Well, that's okay, let it be that way
We could lose our minds or we could find our way
We can change our world, no matter what they say
If we could only fly away from here
We could turn around and say good-bye to all the tears
And maybe we could spend the rest of our years
Together, we could be together
Now, we can let the sunshine in together
And we can overcome and win together
Why have I saved this summer of love again, together
We'll be, we'll be together, we'll be together

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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