Chicago VIII - Lyrics

Columbia Stereo

Chicago VIII

Peter Cetera - Terry Kath - Robert Lamm - Lee Loughnane
James Pankow - Walter Parazaider - Danny Seraphine - Laudir de Oliveira

"Old Days" and "Brand New Love Affair" strings orchestrated by Pat Williams
Recorded by Armin Steiner

"Harry Truman" Vocal chorus by the Caribou Kitchenettes

Joanne Rocconi - Kristy Ferguson - John Carsello - Laudir De Oliveira
Brandy Maitland - Linda Greene - Steve Fagin - James Pankow
Katherine Ogden - Donna Conroy - Richard Torres - Walter Parazaider
- Bob Eberhardt - Lee Loughnane -

Recorded at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado
Engineered by Wayne Tarnowski, Jeff Guercio, Mark Guercio
Mixed by Phil Ramone

Produced by James William Guercio

Cover design by John Berg and Nick Fasciano
Poster photography by Reid Miles
Handwriting by Anthony Maggiore

(c) 1974 CBS inc.

PC 33100



ANYWAY YOU WANT -P. Cetera-

 Anyway you want me, It's alright with me
Anything you want, It's alright with me

Know that I love you, Know that I need you
Anyway you want, It's alright with me

Baby let me love you, Do what I want to do
Anyway you want, It's alright with me
Feels so good,
Anyway you want, It's alright with me
Anyway you want, Woah now, It's alright it's alright
Baby now, It's alright it's alright
Baby let me tell you, Yeah yeah, Yeah Yeah
It's alright it's alright it's alright <2>


BRAND NEW LOVE AFFAIR-Part I and II -J. Pankow-

 Wish I knew what was going wrong
Seems so very long since we laughed together
It's no good to be all alone, When you hurt a friend
And you both feel empty, What I'd give to erase the pain
Will we ever make friends, Is it over or shall we try again
For a brand new love affair

Seems to me, We are both afraid,
That our love may fade and we just won't make it
Maybe soon we'll be friends again, Find ourselves and then
Really make it happen, What I'd give to erase the pain
Will we every make friends, Is it over or shall we try again
For a brand new love affair

Start all over again, And do it up the right way, Come together my friend
And celebrate the new day

I can hardly believe, How much I really love you baby
All our tomorrows will be, A love affair with you my lady


NEVER BEEN IN LOVE BEFORE -R. Lamm-

 I've never been in love before, Not like this you taught me more
How among myself will I, Lift up on myself and cry
'Cause I thought I could not give, My thought would not let me live
How my feeling disappeared

You are lovely reason I, Am alive you satisfy, All my senses and you give
Me the confidence to grow, In a thousand different ways
Happy just to spend the days, Of my lifetime by your side

I want to be, Everything that I can, I want so much
To be more of a man, I want to grow
I want to know you better, Each day I'll try
To love you, 'Cause I've never been in love before

You have a friend for life in me, If we ever disagree
If you have to go away, I will set you free with time
'Cause your hapiness is mine, May our light forever shine
When you always feel free, I want to be
Everything that I can, I want so much, To be more of a man

I want to live, I want to give my lifetime, Each day I'll try
To love you, 'Cause I've never been in love before


HIDEAWAY -P. Cetera-

 You know I gotta go, Got to find a place, Get away
From the human race, Find a place where the air is clear
On a sunny day, sunny day, I got to find, A Hideaway, hideaway

Hideaway <4>

You know I gotta leave, Got to find a place, any place, Get away
From the city pace, city pace,
I gotta go out where the air is fresh and clear, On a sunny day, sunny day
And I got to find, A hideway, yeah yeah


TILL WE MEET AGAIN -T. Kath-

 I want to share the love that fills my being, If your willing
Come along, Take of me this evening and this love, If you're lonely
Come let's be, There's no time for shyness, How fast night turns to day
Let's just light love's fire, And lay embraced till it burns away
Kiss goodbye and journey on to new loves, Keep your own love
Till we meet again


HARRY TRUMAN -R. Lamm-

 America needs you, Harry Truman, Harry could you please come home
Things are looking bad, I know you would be mad, To see what kind of men
Prevail upon the land you love

America's wondering, How we got here, Harry all we get is lies
We're gettin' safer cars, Rocket ships to mars
From men who'd sell us out, To get themselves a piece of power

We'd love to hear you speak your mind, In plain and simple ways
Call a spade a spade, Like you did back in the day
You would play piano, Each morning walk a mile
Speak of what was going down, Eith honesty and style

America's calling, Harry Truman, Harry you know what to do
The world is turnin' round and losin' lots of ground
Oh Harry is there something we can do to save the land we love
Oh woah woah woah

America's calling, Harry Truman, Harry you know what to do
The world is turnin' round, And losin' lots of ground
So Harry is there something we can do to save the land we love <3>


OH THANK YOU GREAT SPIRIT -T. Kath-

 Pulling myself out of a dead sleep
With the impression of the dream still fresh in my mind
Before I'm even awake, the words, the music were complete

I woke up that mornin', Feelin' so rested and young
My mind was clear of all the problems, That been hasslin' my head
I couldn't quite understand why, I felt so fine, I felt so free
So beyond it all, As I turned towards the bed
I understood as all came clear

As I turned towards the bed, I understood as all came clear

I saw myself lyin' there, Didn't have a care, Piece of mind was finally mine
Now free to fly, Into the blue sky, Oh great spirit, Fly away, Oh great spirit
Just fly, Fly, Oh fly away


LONG TIME NO SEE -R. Lamm-

 What you been doin, ain't you got no one
Where you been keepin' yourself my friend

Have you been hidin' underground writin'
Foolin' yourself in your special way

Where's your old lady, She was a nice girl
Maybe it's best that she went away

You will be losin' nothing can change you
Hapiness spits in your face always

Where are you going, what will you see there
You never learn nothin' by runnin' away

What you been doin, ain't you got no one
Where you been keepin' yourself my friend

Lonliness growin' Emptiness showin'
Finding your peace two or three times a day
three times a day


AIN'T IT BLUE? -R. Lamm-

 Done the things I said I would, Some of them were pretty good
Suddenly they changed the game, I only know it's not the same no more
I don't know what to do the rules I knew

Ain't it sad <2>
Ain't it true <2>
Ain't it blue <2>

The life i live is pretty nice, Of course I had to pay a price
Lots of folks depend on me, Erase all kinds of slavery
I don't know what to do the rules I knew

Sometimes I want to walk away, I felt like that just yesterday
But when this song is in my head, I try my best 'till I'm dead and gone
I don't know what to do the rules I knew


OLD DAYS -J. Pankow-

 Old days
Good times I remember, Fun days, Filled with ship of pleasure
Drive-in movies, Comic books and blue jeans, Howdy Doody
Baseball cards and birthdays, Please take me back, To the world gone away
Memories, Seem like yesterday

Old days, Good times I remember
Gold days, Days I'll always treasure
Funny faces, Full of love and laughter
Funny places, Summer nights and streetcars
Take me back, To the world gone away
Our good memories, Seem like yesterday

Old days...