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Do Things My Way

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Do Things My Way Written by Styx Lead vocals by Tommy Shaw Listen on YouTube Look at you you’re talking to yourself Could it maybe be a cry for help Can’t see the forest from your tree there Sometimes I think you’re doing well Other times you put yourself through hell It’s enough to bring you to your knees dear I’m gonna open up to you It’s all I’m really trying to do Say what’s on my mind Yeah what’s on my mind, singin’ If you wanna have it your way Yeah you gotta do things my way If you really wanna have it your way All you gotta do is do things my way You’ve had me by the little hairs Running here and there and everywhere Now I know exactly how your mind is wired I always knew this day would come To face the monster you’ve been hiding from So either douse the flame of love Or stoke the fire Or we can play this guessing game I call your bluff you do the same We’re just wasting time Wasting all my time, listen If you wanna have it your way Yeah you gotta do things my way If you really

Waiting For Our Time

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Waiting For Our Time Written by Styx Lead Vocals by Tommy Shaw Listen on YouTube Looking up from where I stand I see the vapor trail Of a jet plane in the sky Here the wheel is in my hand But there's no wind in my sails And life is drifting by Still I hold on and wait I know it's not too late And my breeze will come Muse you satisfy my soul Keep me warm while the Cold world guards the gate I'm searching I'm wondering I'm yearning Waiting for our time to come I'm searching I'm wondering I'm yearning Waiting for our time to come Your love has kept my dream alive A vision of my life With you here by my side Every forward step I take Every moment I'm awake I feel your love inside So close I feel it in my bones I know I'm not alone as I climb this wall But I, sometimes I get so high I just want to live, love And taste it all I'm searching I'm wondering I'm yearning Waiting for our time to come I'm searching I'm wondering I'm ye

Fields Of The Brave

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Fields Of The Brave Written by Styx Lead vocals by Lawrence Gowan Listen on YouTube Sometimes I close my eyes And picture the plains I see Buffalo Bill and the Iroquois Riding again Open skies, fertile ground This was heaven on earth That they found We got what they gave By their God we were saved They were humble not depraved These streets we’re afraid of Once were the fields of the brave The fields of the brave Where a Chevrolet rusts By a closed shopping mall Can you see through the dust Where the brave ones stood tall Buried deep where they fell They live on in the stories we tell They got what they gave By their God they were saved And I say this as I pray I can’t help but dream of The days these were fields of the brave The fields of the brave After all this time And the struggles in between We stand next in line With the chance we can build on their dreams In the Fields of the brave Fields of the brave We got what they gave In the fields of the brave Let their spirits be saved A

Bourgeois Pig

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Bourgeois Pig Written By Glen Burtnik Lead Vocals By Bob Thornton Bourgeois Pig You got too big You forgot where you came from You big pop star You took it too far You better get humble and then some Bourgeois Pig You got too big You forgot where you came from You big pop star You took it too far You better get humble and then some

Kiss Your Ass Good-bye

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  Kiss Your Ass Good-bye Written by Styx Lead vocals by Glen Burtnik Listen on YouTube Here we go again Hands making circles That you can’t turn back again Sky turning purple At the funeral of a friend Who wasn’t ready for the ending yet He made a giant mess Sloppy disaster And he left it for the rest To clean up after Now the lawyers do their best To try to divie up What’s ever left In the ending you can bet Everyone feels cheated Kiss your ass good-bye Boy you’re out of time You didn’t choose life It’s just your luck You got your turn now Give it up and Kiss your ass good-bye What’s left to say When it’s over everyone but you remains Little children will Still go out and play Just like it’s any other sunny day Oh yeah In the ending you can bet Everyone’s an equal Kiss your ass good-bye Dude you’re past your prime First you loose your looks Then you loose your luck Take the hit now Pony up and Kiss your ass good-bye Everybody gets to go around one time (And they said it wouldn’t last)

These Are the Times

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These Are the Times Written By Styx Lead Vocals By James Young I hear voices from beyond the veil They reverberate in mystery There are shadows in my heart And they multiply in memory And the comrades that I’ve lost out there In the scattered ruins still speak to me If the flickering light of your campfire dims The world grows smaller It’s closing in I’m standing here And I want you to live I know These are the times we find out who we really are This will be when a true friend stands at your side Someone like me who wants to Believe in the days of high times and innocence Drawing the lines and shouting back to the night Someone like me who wants you to live And from those who’ve seen the light beyond We know the end will bring tranquility But the voices of the friends they heard Brought them back to this reality Tough the beacon of light in your life seems dim The sun’s coming up on the world we’re in There are choices here And I want you to live I know These are the times we find out

Yes I Can

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Yes I Can Written By Styx Lead Vocals By Tommy Shaw So they say that a man can't live in this world If he's wearing his heart on his sleeve I can And they say that a man can't understand What a women needs when she cries I can I can And I can see you standing in the yard Tending the roses in your garden The sun is shining through your cotton dress And I will freeze this moment here in time I could live forever in your garden Ah yes Yes I can Fool doesn't know what he's missing the most It's a bitch of a place to be in Here I am How would I know I could give up the ghost And still hold all your dreams in my hand Here I am Here I am And I can see you standing in the yard Tending the roses in your garden The wind is blowing through your golden hair And I will freeze this moment here in time I could live forever in your garden Ah yes Yes I can And I can see you standing in the yard Tending the roses in your garden The sun is shining through your cotton dress And I w

More Love For The Money

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More Love For The Money Written by Styx Lead vocals by Lawrence Gowan Listen on YouTube The cats were on the table They were waiting for their dinner ‘til the children came and shooed them all away Daddy’s at the racetrack Desperate just to pick one winner Will he ever be their hero of the day Mom paid the price She sacrificed for nothing of value And why is it I buy this shit That nobody wants to? More love for the money That’s all I’m after More Buzz for the honey And a bit more laughter Why is that so much to ask More for the money Baby better get mine fast At the mall again I’m feeling desperate and uncertain God it’s got to be here somewhere I believe My demographic profile Knows it’s show time Raise the curtain Start the comedy and let me be naïve A circus flea from A to B I jump for my keeper In search of true enlightenment For ten percent cheaper More love for the money That’s all I’m after More Buzz for the honey And a bit more laughter Why is that so much to ask More for the

Together

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Together Written by Styx      Lead vocals by Tommy Shaw Listen on YouTube 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 can 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 good-bye 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 su

Palm Of Your Hands

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Palm Of Your Hand Written by Tommy Shaw Lead vocals by Tommy Shaw Listen on YouTube You see the world through your cynical eyes You’re a troubled young man I can tell You’ve got it all in the palm of your hand But your hands wet with sweat And your head needs a rest You’re fooling yourself If you don’t believe it You’re kidding yourself If you don’t believe it

Captain America

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Captain America Written by Styx Lead vocals by James Young Listen on YouTube Captain America is that you Flying down the highway In your red white and blue You remind me of the days In that infamous war When we weren’t quite sure What we were fighting for I see you again and it makes me think About just who I am Is there someone in charge Who can lead the way tonight Who knows the plan Where there’s love There is grace There’s still hope left in this place And the smile on your face Gives me faith in the human race Captain America what do you see Millions of your brothers say they’ll fight to be free Who could have known you would be the chosen one To kick start our dreams The cycle of life goes around and round again Tell me what does it mean Can it be true Where there’s love There is grace And there’s hope left in this place And the smile on your face Gives me faith in the human If we could trade all of our tomorrows For the best of our yesterdays Erase all the pain and the sorrow Wo

Killing The Thing That You Love

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Killing The Thing That You Love Written by Styx and Bob Burger Lead vocals by Glen Burtnik Listen on YouTube Brick by brick you built a mansion Piece by piece it seems you’re tearing it down Once you walked so tall and handsome Now nobody even wants you around Now you’re just some kind of leftover clown Now you’re like Quasimodo crying as you Look in the mirror At what you’ve become Killing the thing that you love Like Lennon’s assassin Lennon’s assassin Reaching for Venus De Milo But she’s never gonna hold you tight You plant plutonium silos Then you blister from the sun that’s too bright Like a vampire stepping into the light Just a victim of your own greed as you Look in the mirror At what you’ve become Killing the world that you love Like Lennon’s assassin Lennon’s assassin The genius of a generation Blown away just like a leaf on the wind And now you’re looking for salvation But you can’t forget the places you’ve been And you can’t erase a lifetime of sin And you can’t escape the

One With Everything

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One With Everything Written by Styx Lead vocals by Tommy Shaw Listen on YouTube Hold on tightly to your innocence And don’t you let go Until you know it’s gonna be your way Through the tangle and the bramble There’s a thread that runs through And it’s true There’s no need to be afraid Smiling ear to ear It’s something in the atmosphere Every star above reflecting in your sea of love Is it just a dream Or are things as they really seem Somebody help me make the call You could be the light That shines so bright You show the way to go And if it’s so Don’t be too surprised Just give yourself a chance And take a glance Around to see the glow Burning in my eyes Smiling ear to ear It’s something in the atmosphere Every star above reflecting in your sea of love This is not a dream It’s just the way it’s always been You’ve got to rise above it all Somewhere down the road that we follow We’ll be one with everything I know as soon as tomorrow We could be arriving Somewhere down the road that we f

Genki Desu Ka

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Genki Desu Ka Written by Styx Vocals by Styx Listen on YouTube Genki desu ka, genki desu ka, genki des ka Do you feel all right Genki desu ka, genki desu ka, genki desu ka Genki desu ne Do you feel good, oh, oh Genki desu ka, genki deus ka, genki desu ka Genki desu ka, genki desu ka, genki desu ka Genki desu ne Would you join us cause it feels so good, oh yeah Genki desu ka, genki deus ka, genki desu ka Oh, oh Genki desu ka, genki desu ka, genki desu ka (Feels so good) Genki desu ne Genki desu ka, genki desu ka, genki desu ka Won’t you sing with us now Genki desu ne I feel good Genki desu ne I feel, you feel Genki desu ne I feel good, I feel good now Everything’s all right How do you feel Genki desu ne