Styx II
Album - 1973 - Debaser id 58918

Lady, when you're with me I'm smiling
Give me all your love
Your hands build me up when I'm sinking
Touch me and my troubles all fade

Lady, from the moment I saw you
Standing all alone
You gave all the love that I needed
So shy, like a child who has grown

'Cause you're my lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady

Lady, turns me on when I'm lonely
Give me all your charm
Evenings when she lays down beside me
She takes me gently into her arms

Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my lady

Lady of the morning
Love shines in your eyes
Sparkling, clear, and lovely
You're my ... lady

I met a little girl sittin' in the front
Pardon me miss for seeming quite so blunt
But your beauty and your presence
Just took me by surprise

She said there's a meaning in my sexy stare
But that's my old man that's sittin' over there
And that's not the look of love that he's got for you in his eyes

(Chorus)
You know what you've gotta do
There's no one else to blame but you
Nobody's gonna tell you so next time you just had better ask

Chorus

I took her home and we was doing nip and tuck
How was I to know that I was out of luck
And before I knew it, the devil took my soul

In two weeks time it seemed to be the steady con
She told me "you're about to be a papa, John"
And I just looked around and tried to crawl into the nearest hole

Chorus 2X

(instrumental solos)

Well, in two more weeks I started feelin' sore
I found myself waiting at my doctor's door
He said, "son I'm sorry but I've got some slightly less than tragic news

"Yeah, it seems you've been sociable with certain she's
Cause you've contracted what we call a social disease
And next time you better ask and use it, no don't refuse"

Chorus 3X

Written by Dennis DeYoung
Lead vocals by Dennis DeYoung

father
you're a sad old man
your tawdry vest is gray

memories
of a former man
are all your words convey

father
oh can't you see
the tarnished robe you wear

a crown
for fools
the people laugh
you never seem to hear

father
you're life's a ship
that's never been to sea

the bottle
that surrounds your life
you'll sail eternally

[keyboard solo]
children
please understand
a man must stand alone

and face a world
he'll never know
and never call his own

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[continue echo]

father
father
father
father
father
father
[continue echo]

Oh oh oh oh oh

Penny pitching on the walk
Waiting for the bus to arrive
Me and Davy playing sport
Watching for the cops to go by

Spider-Man and the Human Torch
They cover Barney's newsstand
Morning crowds start to gather round
Fast finger steals what he can

Morning leaves for the afternoon
The boys show up on time
In the streets near the people's store
Below the electrical sign

Catch a glimpse of a passing car
Raced and ready to drag
Then the skirts start to tantalize
The boys how they boast and they brag

Oh the earl of Roseland
Oh the earl of Roseland

Where has he gone?
A memory at dawn
You're just a bit of the past

(guitar solo)

Oh oh oh oh
Oh the earl of Roseland
Oh the earl of Roseland

Me and Davy gazing back
See ourselves as we were
How we laugh when we think of things
That we did yesteryear

I can see Charlie on the porch
Johnny clicking his sticks
And two boys I don't even know
Rehearsing electric string tricks
Ya ya ya ya ya ya

Oh the earl of Roseland
(repeat to fade)