#SLS ~ 10/15/23

The prompt is the Chicago style suggested by John Holton at thesoundofonehandtyping. Thanks Jim for hosting. HERE are the rules & ping back for anyone who would like to play along.

After a little homework, I picked Styx. I actually had the album “Grand Illusion” obtained through the infamous Columbia House records. My friend, Vern & I thought this song, Miss America was so edgy.

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 your smile seem to wear you down
This girl who you once were is screaming jump out
It’s a 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, Miss America, Miss America,

Well aren’t you Miss America
Don’t you Miss America
Won’t you Miss America
Our love

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 your cage at the human zoo,
They all stop to look at you
Next year, what will you do
When you have been forgotten

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, Miss America, Miss America,
Miss America, Miss America, Miss America,
Miss America, Miss America,

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: James Young