As a quick review, the band had spent three years on the road and released a couple of live albums, but this was their first studio album with new keyboardist Lawrence Gowan.
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8) More Love For The Money - We get another Gowan sung song here. I wondered what kind of tracks we would get from him. One things for sure, we knew it wouldn't be more crappy love ballads.
The album peaked significantly higher on the Billboard album charts than Styx's previous release, Brave New World, ending up 48 slots higher at #127. The album's first single was "Waiting for Our Time". It failed to chart.
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
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9) Together - Tommy does it again.
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 summer of love
Yeah 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, we could be together
These are crazy times
It's a different world
Well, that's okay
Let it be that way
We could lose our minds
Or we could find our way
We can change our world
No matter what they say
If we could only fly away from here
We could turn around and say good-bye to all the tears
And maybe we could spend the rest of our years
Together
We could be together
Now, we can let the sunshine in (Together)
And we can overcome and win (Together)
We'll have ourselves a summer of love again (Together)
We'll be, we'll be together
Hey, hey
We'll be together
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10) Fooling Yourself (Palm of Your Hands) - Here's a little song you may have heard before. It's just a little snippet of a track, almost a capella.
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 hands
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
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11) Captain America - When I saw this track listed I knew it had to be a JY song. Yep, and it was. I think he has actually gotten better through the years.
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
Would there have to be a high price to pay
Hey Hey
We run for our lives and we're searching for shelter now
From the coming storm
Are you the man who can lead us once again
So come on, suit up, let's go
Where there's love
There is grace
And there's hope left in this place
And the smile on your face
There's not a damn thing we can't face
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
Faith in the human race
Yeah, I got faith
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12) Killing the Thing That You Love - Hey, look. Glen Burtnik is still in the band. And I am glad he is because this might be the best song on the whole album. Awesome song and keyboards.
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 answers as you
Look in the mirror at what you've become
Dredging the river for what you have done
Killing the thing that you love
Like Lennon's assassin
Lennon's assassin
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13) One With Everything - I said the last song "might" be the best on the whole album. If it wasn't for this song it would definitely be. This one is what I always want from Styx: a positive outlook and optimistic future. There are some crazy ass keyboards on this song too. First time I heard it I was like "when did ELP join the band?". Awesomeness.
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 follow
We'll be one with everything
I know as soon as tomorrow
We could be arriving
And in my dreams I'm there by your side
Learning to fly again
The world we see (World we see and hear)
Is a mystery (Mystery but we)
But we hold the key (Hold the key to the door)
If we have the faith to live (Have the faith anymore)
And believe
Somewhere down the road that we follow
We'll be one with everything
I know as soon as tomorrow
We could be arriving
And in my dreams I'm there by your side
Learning to fly again
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14) Genki Desu Ka - I don't really see this as a track on the album, just mostly some extra parts added onto the end. I could not find a video of it on YouTube so I made one. I expect to be sued any day now.
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First comes the Genki Desu Ka part which basically says the same thing over and over:
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
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After that there is a little skit with Tommy and Tenacious D getting a bogus letter about being on the album. Then they all sing the chorus of "Kiss Your Ass Goodbye" together. After that is another little hidden track called "The Chosen One" which has these lines:
If you were the one, the chosen one
To sacrifice yourself in the moment of danger
Would you have the grace, the courage it takes
To save the life of a stranger
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