# "Too Much Time On My Hands" (Styx) question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074 "2011-10-18T22:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/1 "2011-10-18T22:09:28Z")
Please tell me I’m not going crazy. I could have sworn that, at one time, Styx’s song “Too Much Time on My Hands” had the line “is it any wonder I’m not a terrorist,” or something along those lines, in it. However, when I Google the above line, I get only one result. That song had that line in it at one point, right? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/2 "2011-10-18T22:22:43Z")
Just listened to the song. Nope, no word “terrorist” in it. Tommy Shaw does sing, “Is it any wonder I’m not a criminal?” then later in the song he sings, “Is it any wonder I’m not the President?” So take your pick of which word you misheard for “terrorist.” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/3 "2011-10-18T22:23:34Z")
No, don’t remember the “terrorist” line. And I was, er, a big Styx fan back in the day. :o ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/4 "2011-10-18T23:17:46Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Just listened to the song. Nope, no word “terrorist” in it. Tommy Shaw does sing, “Is it any wonder I’m not a criminal?” then later in the song he sings, “Is it any wonder I’m not the President?” So take your pick of which word you misheard for “terrorist.” 😃 That is how I remember it. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/5 "2011-10-18T23:18:51Z")
I, too, for reasons that may or may not be obvious, have a certain amount of Styx knowledge. I never heard ‘terrorist’. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/6 "2011-10-18T23:35:09Z")
No terrorist line and yeah, big Styx fan. ---
**Author:** ![bytheway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@bytheway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bytheway)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/7 "2011-10-19T07:54:45Z")
That line may have been in the version on “Caught In the Act.” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/8 "2011-10-19T13:18:13Z")
> [@bytheway](#): > > That line may have been in the version on “Caught In the Act.” I suspect you’re right, because the line sounds familiar, and that album (on cassette!) was my introduction to the song. ---
**Author:** ![CheeseDonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecae2f/32.png) [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/too-much-time-on-my-hands-styx-question/600074/9 "2011-11-24T14:02:12Z")
> [@bytheway](#): > > That line may have been in the version on “Caught In the Act.” After a month of searching, that is correct. That line was used on the album “Caught in the Act.”