Lyrics to
Miss America

Released by Styx in 1977
From the Album: The Grand Illusion |

This version of Miss America was released by Styx in 1977.

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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


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Styx has released many songs over the years besides Miss America. 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 Miss America by Styx

The lyrics for Miss America are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1977 song by Styx. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Miss America have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Miss America - Styx and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Miss America by Styx in multiple 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 Miss America" means the words set to the music of Miss America, 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 Miss America and the lyrics to Miss America 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 Miss America, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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