Styx

Released: June 11, 1996

Songwriter: Bob Burger Glen Burtnik

Producer: Dennis DeYoung

Sometimes it's hard to smile
You keep looking back, searching for somebody
Who once was in your life
Baby, let him go now, there'll be something better ahead
It takes love to make love
You can't hide behind your broken heart
It takes love to make love
Let the light of another lover shine on you
We all have tears to cry but there comes a day
To leave your tears behind you
And give your heart some place to start
And if you find your way there
There'll be someone waiting for you
It takes love to make love
You can't hide behind your broken heart
And it takes love to make love
Let the light of another lover shine on you
Like a river that flows to the sea
Don't wait like a river flowing down
It takes love to make love
You can't hide behind your broken heart
It takes love to make love
Let the light of another lover shine on you
It takes love to make love
Never mind the broken heart, baby
And it takes love to make love
Let the light of another lover shine on you

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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