CRD-3005
Chicago
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Terry Kath, guitar and vocals
Peter Cetera, bass and vocals
Robert Lamm, keyboards and vocals
Lee Loughnane, trumpet, background vocals, percussion
Walter Parazaider, woodwinds, percussion
James Pankow, tombone, percussion
Danny Seraphine, antique bells, congas, drums
All selections (c) 1972 Big Elk Music ASCAP
Produced by James William Guercio
Engineering by Wayne Tarnowski
Woodcarving: Nick Fasciano
Album Design: John Berg
Lettering: Beverly Scott
Photography: Steinbecker/Houghton
1) A Hit By Varese -Robert Lamm-
Please won't you sing me
Something to move me
Can you play free
2) All Is Well -Robert Lamm-
All is well again
Loving you was sad
There was a time
3) Now That You've Gone -James Pankow-
Take a closer look inside yourself
Still I can recall
Now you've gone away
4) Dialogue -Robert Lamm-
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Terry
Peter
Part II
Group
5) While the City Sleeps -Robert Lamm-
While the city sleeps
While the city sleeps
While the city sleeps
6) Saturday in the Park
Saturday in the park
Saturday in the park
Slow motion riders fly the colours of the day
Funny days in the park
7) State of the Union -Robert Lamm-
I was talking 'bout the state of the union
Then a voice came out of the darkness
I was thinking 'bout how that was very crazy
Then a voice came out of the darkness
I was wrestled of to one side of the theatre
Then a voice came out of the darkness
A thing that will bring me right into the sky
If you would play it
Just lay it down, say, it will help me get by
Remove me and grove me, you want to know why?
I'm so tired of oldiess
And moldies and goldies, that I want to cry
Or in three of agree to attempt something new
The people need you
A seed that will lead to a hit by Varese
I think I'm gonna be alright
And I'm feeling better
Again
Affairs of timing that were bad
And the laughing ended
Again
When I thought I was fooling myself
But now, I'll take a bow
'Cause I'm free and easy
You may see the love I left behind
Days were fast but full of life
We laughed at everything
Now you've gone time is standing still
I don't do anything I'm so alone
So lonely
The happy times
Laughing arm and arm
So alive
Was it years ago
Or just a day
When you turned to me
Said goodbye
I don't know why
Did you have to lie
Walk away
How can I go on
In emptiness
Feeling so alone
Every day
Part I
Are you optimistic
'bout the way things are going?
No, I nver ever think of it at all
Don't you ever worry
When you see what's going down?
No, I try to mind my business,
that is, no business at all
When it's time to function
as a feeling human being, will your
Bachelor of Arts help you get by?
I hope to study further,
a few more years or so. I also hope
to keep a steady high
Will you try to change
things, use the power that you have,
the power of a million new ideas?
What is this power you
speak of and this need for things to
change? I always thought
that everything was fine
Don't you feel repression just
closing in around?
No, the campus here is very, very free
Does it make you angry
the way war is dragging on?
Well, I hope the President
knows what he's into, I don't know
Don't you ever see the starvation
in the city where you live, all the
needless hunger all the
needless pain?
I haven't been there lately,
the country is so fine, but my
neighbors don't seem hungry 'cause
they haven't got the time
Thank you for the talk,
you know you really eased my mind
I was troubled by the shapes
of things to come.
Well, if you had my
outlook your feelings would be
numb, you'd always think
that everything was fine
We can make it happen
We can change the world now
We can save the children
We can make it better
We can make it happen
We can save the children
We can make it happen
Men are scheming
New ways to kill us
And tell us dirty lies
Earth is crumbling
Everyone talking
And doing not a thing
Men are dreaming
A world enlightened
Beyond this darkest age
I think it was the Fourth of July
Saturday in the park
I think it was the Fourth of July
People dancing, people laughing
A man selling ice cream
Singing Italian songs
?
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For Saturday
You'd think it was the Fourth of July
Saturday in the park
You'd think it was the Fourth of July
People talking, really smiling
A man playing guitar
Singing for us all
Will you help him change the world
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For today
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way
listen children all is not lost
all is not lost
Every day's the Fourth of July
Funny days in the park
Every day's the Fourth of July
People reaching, people touching
A real celebration
Waiting for us all
If we want it, really want it
Can you dig it (yes, I can)
And I've been waiting such a long time
For the day
How there's no one now in power thinking of me
I was saying how we ought to try to fix it
Find a leader who is not afraid to be
Saying "Tear the system down"
Tear it down
And I tried to find a way to tell him so
But when I did I used a word that was quite nasty
How the policeman heard me now I'll never know
Saying "Tear the system down"
Tear it down - down to the ground
And they said I'd have to go right to jail
They don't permit coarse language in their city
But they did accept a large amount of bail
Saying "Tear the system down"
Tear it down - down to the ground