Lyrics to
Great White Hope

This version of Great White Hope was released by Styx in 1978.

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When I was a young man, I had to kick and scratch and claw
Now it’s like top gun in the Old West, everybody wants me to draw
If I had known it would be like this I might have given it a second thought
But if someone had told me to give it up, it’s a line that I wouldn’t have bought

Look at me
I’m the great white hope
Can’t you see
I’m up against the ropes
Don’t you know
It’s so hard to cope
When you feel
Like the great white hope

Now you’ve paid your money you’re sitting in your ringside seat
And I know that some of you out there, might wanna see the champ get beat
If I had known it would be like this I might have given it a second thought
But real life sure isn’t like school, there’s some lessons that just can’t be taught

Look at me
I’m the great white hope
Can’t you see
I’m up against the ropes
Don’t you know
It’s so hard to cope
When you feel
Like the great white hope

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Styx has released many songs over the years besides Great White Hope. Styx released songs from 1972 to 2005 spanning across albums like Styx, Styx II, The Serpent Is Rising, Man Of Miracles, Equinox, Crystal Ball, The Grand Illusion, Pieces Of Eight, Cornerstone, Paradise Theater, Kilroy Was Here, Caught In The Act, Edge Of The Century, Return To Paradise, Brave New World, and Big Bang Theory. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Styx.

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About Lyrics and Great White Hope by Styx

The lyrics to Great White Hope are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Styx in 1978. Elements of the lyrics to Great White Hope are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Styx and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Great White Hope back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Great White Hope by Styx in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Great White Hope" means the words set to the music of Great White Hope, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Styx. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Great White Hope and the lyrics to Great White Hope are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Styx who came here looking just for the lyrics to Great White Hope, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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