Styx

Released: June 16, 2017

Songwriter: Tommy Shaw Will Evankovich

Producer: Will Evankovich

Locomotive tell me where you are
Now that you've become the distant star
Did you lose your faith where you belonged?
Did you hide from those who you did love?
Have you read the messages I've tried to send?
Will you ever come back home again?

Castles by the sea you made from sand
Hovercrafts and drones you built by hand
Forever fearless asking why and how
Locomotive just look at you now
No one else on earth has ever been so far
Locomotive tell me where you are
Where you are, you are

And when that road calls your name
Doesn't matter what's to gain
It's in your blood

Staring up into the starry night
One of them must surely be your light
Ah, locomotive you're fading into the rising sun
And who am I to say that you're the lucky one?
You're the lucky one, you're the lucky one

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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