Toto

Songwriter: David Paich Joseph Williams Steve Lukather Steve Porcaro

There she goes down the Hollywood road
Facing the sun, she begins to cry
The end of a perfect night
Loves her new bleeding dagger tattoo
She pulls off her coat and she waves her arms
Dying to see the stars

On and on and on she goes
With a passion in her heart
On and on and on and on
Till she dies

Chelsea's coming to meet
Remember the beat
That night two star-crossed lovers agree
Just wasn't to be
Was only a dream
Will Shakespeare's rolling his eyes

A broken man acting like a clown
Conjuring ghosts to relive her lie
Wandering through the night
Where he goes, no one really knows
Mumbling something about a plan
He's onto his own demise

On and on and on he goes
With a murder on his mind
On and on and on and on
Till he dies

Chelsea's coming to meet
Remember the beat
That great disaster down the street
It wasn't a treat
To be all the same
Will Shakespeare's rolling his eyes

Chelsea, I never meant to do you no harm
And Chelsea, I'll never leave you
I belong to your heart

Chelsea's coming to meet
Remember the beat
That night two star-crossed lovers agree
Just wasn't to be

Can't hide the debris
That great disaster down the street
Let everyone see
American grief

That Chelsea does still call unto me
Remember to be
To be all the same
Will Shakespeare's rolling his eyes

Toto is an American rock band formed in 1977 in Van Nuys in Los Angeles, California. The band’s current lineup consists of Joseph Williams (lead vocals), David Paich (keyboards, vocals), Steve Porcaro (keyboards), Steve Lukather (guitars, vocals), Shem von Schroeck (bass), and Shannon Forrest (drums). Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard rock, R&B, blues, and jazz.

David Paich and Jeff Porcaro had played together as session musicians on several albums and decided to form a band. David Hungate, Steve Lukather, Steve Porcaro, and Bobby Kimball were recruited before their first album release. The band enjoyed great commercial success in the late 1970s and 1980s, beginning with the band’s eponymous debut released in 1978. With the release of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful Toto IV from 1982, Toto became one of the best-selling music groups of their era. They are best known for the Top 5 hits “Hold the Line”, “Rosanna”, and “Africa”. Several changes to the lineup have been made over the years. Hungate left in 1982 followed by Kimball in 1984 but rejoined the band in 1998 until 2008. Jeff Porcaro died in 1992 of a heart attack. Hungate rejoined Toto as a touring musician and later a band member. In 2008, Lukather announced his departure from the band, and the remaining band members later went their separate ways. In the summer of 2010, Toto reformed and went on a short European tour, with a new lineup, to benefit Mike Porcaro, who had been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and was no longer an active member of the band.

The band has released a total of 17 albums, and have sold over 40 million albums to date. The group was honored with several Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Musicians Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009.

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