Styx

Released: June 16, 2017

Songwriter: James Young Tommy Shaw Will Evankovich

Producer: Will Evankovich

Trouble and anxiety
Don't lay your hands on me
I got more important things to do
Than get all mixed up with you

Today the truth won't set you free
With broke-down technology
Getting high but feeling low
We got trouble at the big show

Pie in the sky
It's a drag
But I'm not afraid to die
Buzzkill
Can you help me come down
I'm comin'
Off this cloud I'm living the dream on

Pie in the sky
It's a drag
But I'm not afraid to die
Bringin' me down
Can you help me come down
All the way
Off this cloud I'm living the dream on

I'm coming
You want it
Living the dream on
Living that dream you are
Do you know my real name?
Living the dream on
I've got it at the big show
Living the dream on

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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