Styx

[fox69]

"Manic Depression"
(originally by Jimi Hendrix)

"Manic Depression"
(originally by Jimi Hendrix)



Manic depression is touching my soul
I know what I want but I just don't know
How to, go about gettin' it
Feeling sweet feeling,
Drops from my fingers, fingers
Manic depression is catchin' my soul

Woman so weary, the sweet cause in vain
You make love, you break love
It's all the same
When it's, when it's over, mama
Music, sweet music
I wish I could caress, caress, caress
Manic depression is a frustrating mess

Ow!

Well, I think I'll go turn myself off,
And go on down
All the way down
Really ain't no use in me hanging around
In your kinda scene

Music, sweet music
I wish I could caress, caress, caress
Manic depression is a frustrating mess

Ow! ow!

Hooo!

 

[fox69]

"Midnight Ride"

"Midnight Ride"


Gonna get you while you sleep
Give you a dream you can keep
To yourself little mama gonna make you feel better

I'm your mystery man in a gold Lincoln
Ain't no reason to do any second thinkin'
About it child

Midnight ride I'm gonna shake ya
Midnight ride I'm gonna break ya
Midnight ride I'm gonna take you on a
Midnight ride

Meet you little girl back at my hotel
Between you and me we're really gonna give 'em hell

I got something mighty special up my sleeve
All you got to do is just say please

Midnight ride I'm gonna shake ya
Midnight ride I'm gonna break ya
Midnight ride I'm gonna take you on a
Midnight ride

 

[fox69]

"Miss America"

"Miss America"


You were the apple of the public's eye as you cut the ribbon at the local mall
A mirage for both you and us. How can it be real?
We love your body in that photograph, your home state sure must be proud
The queen of the United States, or have you lost your crown

Well aren't you Miss America
Don't you Miss America
Won't you Miss America
Our love

Well are you really who we think you are
Or does that smile seem to wear you down
This girl who you once were is screaming jump out
This dream that you must live - a disease for which there is no cure
This roller coaster ride you're on won't stop to let you off

Well aren't you Miss America
Don't you Miss America
Won't you Miss America
Our love

Miss America, Miss America
Miss America, Miss America

Well it's true just take a look - The cover sometimes makes the book
And the judges, do they ever ask to read between your lines
And in your cage at the human zoo, they all stop to look at you
Next year, what will you do when you have been forgotten

Well aren't you Miss America
Don't you Miss America
Won't you Miss America
Our love

 

[fox69]

"More Love For The Money"

"More Love For The Money"


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 naive

A circus flea from A to B
I jump for my keeper
In search of true enlightenment
For ten per cent 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 money
Price had better come down fast

If there's a place beyond these shadows
Of this dreary road I tread
Then for me that's all that matters
Just the promise of arriving
Maybe getting there before I'm dead

More love
More love for the money
Now keep it coming
More buzz for the honey
They'll all come running

Put it right here in my hand
More for the money
Get me to the promised land
More for the money
Get me to the promised land

 

[fox69]

"Mother Dear"

"Mother Dear"


Lonely feelings in the city
One room flat with crumbling walls
Sirens play a distant melody
Neon shadows paint the halls

In the thirteen months I've spent here
With my manuscript and rhymes
I've paid in cash for foolish pleasures
Mother dear you'd call them crimes

Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I'm returning tonight
Now I see
Your concern
Mother dear how you taught me to learn

I been a Roman for survival
Showing two sides of my face
I need the comfort of your wisdom
I'm coming home to your embrace

If by chance I pass before you
Don't discount my gratitude
You're responsible for me here
And of course my attitude

Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I'm returning tonight
Now I see
Your concern
Mother dear how you taught me to learn

Stayin' up half the night
Wonderin' if what I'm doin' is right
Raise the roof
Light the lite
Mother dear I'm returning tonight

 

[fox69]

"Mother's Nature Matinee"

"Mother's Nature Matinee"


Morning sunshine
On carpets of green
Cascades of water
Are flowing endlessly

Here in the morning light
We spent a holiday
Here in the morning
At mother nature's matinee

Here in the morning
At mother nature's matinee

Here in the morning
At mother nature's matinee

 

[fox69]

"Movement For The Common Man"

"Movement For The Common Man"


another new day takes up on you
a fanfare wakes the land
the naked lives just a shining down
at the dawn of the common man

outside in the madding crowd
he laughs along the way
traffic city, what a pity
it doesn't have a word to say

troubled people, billions of people
they can't seem to understand
the ringing ears are unable to hear
the sounds of the natural plan

yeah yeah yeah

 

[fox69]

"Mr. Roboto"

"Mr. Roboto"


Domo arigato misuta Robotto
Mata au hi made
Domo arigato misuta Robotto
Himitsu wo shiritai

You're wondering who I am-machine or mannequin
With parts made in Japan, I am the modern man

I've got a secret I've been hiding under my skin
My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain I.B.M.
So if you see me acting strangely, don't be surprised
I'm just a man who needed someone, and somewhere to hide
To keep me alive, just keep me alive
Somewhere to hide to keep me alive

I'm not a robot without emotions, I'm not what you see
I've come to help you with your problems, so we can be free
I'm not a hero, I'm not a savior, forget what you know
I'm just a man whose circumstances went beyond his control
Beyond my control, we all need control
I need control, we all need control

I am the modern man, who hides behind a mask
So no one else can see my true identity

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo, domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto, domo, domo
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto

Thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For doing the jobs nobody wants to
And thank you very much, Mr. Roboto
For helping me escape to where I needed to
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I want to thank you, please, thank you, oh yeah

The problem's plain to see, too much technology
Machines to save our lives. Machines dehumanize.

The time has come at last
To throw away this mask
Now everyone can see
My true identity
I'm Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy! Kilroy!

 

[fox69]

"Music Time"

"Music Time"


Hey Everybody It's Music Time

"Now, you can't expect to figure out how to be cool looking in catalogs, so forget about it"
"You've gotta do it the old-fashioned way...fake it!"
Yeah!
"Play your drum boy!"

I like music
The rhythm really gets to me
I can't control it
My feet move automatically
And I like hot licks
The kind I wish that I could play
And when I hear them
I crank the volume all the way

Turn it on
Turn it up
Turn it loud
All the way

I like strangers
Their kindness means a lot to me
They don't ask questions
Don't care about my history
And I like fast girls
I don't know what's come over me
They make me do things
I would not ordinarily

Turn me on
Turn me up
Turn me loose
All the way

Hear it
Feel it
Like it
Do it do it do it do it

Want it
Need it
Love it
Can't get enough of it

Try it
Do it
Go ahead and go for it
All the way......

And I like daydreams
I've had enough reality
My job is boring
I'm overworked and underpaid
I like TV
It stirs up all my fantasies
Girls in tight jeans
Acting so outrageously

Turn me on
Turn me up
Turn me loose
All the way

Hear it
Feel it
Like it
Do it do it do it do it

Want it
Need it
Love it
Can't get enough of it

Try it
Do it
Go ahead and go for it
All the way
Turn me loose, loose!

[guitar solo]

Oh!
I like big things
The size of them impresses me
Just give me plenty
Forget about the quality
And I like fast food
The burgers always taste the same
No snotty waiters,
Escargot or Beaujolais

Turn me on
Turn me up
Turn me loose
Turn it loud
All the way

I hear it
I feel it
I like it
I do it do it do it do it

I want it
I need it
I love it
I can't get enough of it

I hear it
I feel it
I like it
I do it do it do it do it

Try it
Do it
Go ahead and bank on it
All the way
Way-ay-ay

Yeah!
Turn it on
Turn it up
Turn it loose
Turn it loud (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it on (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it up (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loose (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loud (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it on (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it up (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loose (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loud (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it on (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it up (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loose (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loud (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it on (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it up (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loose (hey everybody it's music time)
Turn it loud (hey everybody it's music time)
Hey everbody it's music time!
Hey everbody it's music time!
Hey everbody it's music time!

 

[fox69]

"Never Say Never"

"Never Say Never"


Never, never, never say never
Ne dis jamais jamais
Better, better believe in forever
And it can be that way

You think that you could never love again
The one time really tore you apart
So don't even try to touch your heart
You're never going to give it again

Never, never, never say never
Ne dis jamais jamais
Better, better believe in forever
And it can be that way

You think that too much joy can only bring pain
Before you know it, it can be gone
But give me a chance to prove you're wrong
You'll never say never again

Never, never, never say never
Ne dis jamais jamais
Better, better believe in forever
And it can be that way

Take time to smell the roses
Don't hold back your one chance
It hardly lasts, it hardly lasts
Better, better believe in forever

Out here I stand with my heart in my hand
My hopes on a wing and a prayer
I must have been born with a hole in my head
Cause I've never said these things before

Never, never, never say never
Ne dis jamais jamais
Better, better believe in forever
And it can be that way