Songtexte:
Styx Paradise Theater

I'm sitting on this barstool talking like a damn fool Got the twelve o'clock news blues And I've given up hope on the afternoon soaps And a bottle of

'll be rockin' in paradise Rockin' the paradise tonight Rockin' in paradise Rockin' the paradise tonight Rockin' in paradise Rockin' the paradise tonight Rockin' in paradise Rockin' the paradise

innocent you devil in white You stole my will without a fight You filled me with confidence, but you blinded my eyes You tricked me with visions of paradise

years this may (you've got to work, you've got to work, you've got to work) You've been working and saving for your jamaican dream Paradise is waiting

was stained with memories As cagney shot them down And as I watched I was that hero In dreamlands lost and found Oh my god, well we both are empty paradise

: (Tommy Shaw) Sitting on this barstool talking like a damn fool Got the twelve o'clock news blues And I've given up hope on the afternoon soaps And

know you feel these are the worst of times I do believe it's true When people lock their doors and hide inside Rumor has it it's the end of Paradise But

: (Tommy Shaw) I tried to be the perfect soldier I tried to be what everyone said was expected Somehow I was selected Well, my hands were steady, my

Well what's she lost to?" "Who knows- politicians, taxes...it's a disgrace" "I'm not surprised, they make me sick. They don't make theaters like thisany