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Chart Information:
Chicago V - July 1972 LP Chart Position #1
- Dialogue (Parts I & II) [edit] / Now That You've
Gone
- Columbia Single #4-45717 (October 6, 1972)
- Hot 100 Chart Position #24
- Saturday In The Park / Alma Mater
- Columbia Single #4-45657 (July 13, 1972)
- Hot 100 Chart Position #3
- Easy Listening Chart
Position #8
Band Members:
Terry Kath: guitar, vocals
Peter Cetera: bass, vocals
Robert Lamm: keyboards, vocals
Lee Loughnane: trumpet, percussion, vocals
Walter Parazaider: woodwinds, percussion
James Pankow: trombone, percussion
Danny Seraphine: drums, congas, antique bells
Original Production Notes:
All selections (c) 1972 Big Elk Music ASCAP
Produced by James William Guercio
Engineering by Wayne Tarnowski
Recorded & Mixed at Columbia Recording Studios, New York, NY
Woodcarving: Nick Fasciano
Album Design: John Berg
Lettering: Beverly Scott
Photography: Steinbecker/Houghton
Rhino Production Notes:
A&R/Project Supervision: Lee Loughnane, David McLees & Gary Peterson
Audio Supervision: Jeff Magid
Remastering: David Donnelly at DNA Studios, Studio City, CA
Previously Unreleased Selections Mixed by: David Donnelly & Jeff Magid at
DNA Studios, Studio City, CA
Product Manager: Mike Engstrom
Liner Notes Coordination: Tim Scanlin
Editorial Supervision: Cory Frye
Editorial Research: Steven Chean
Art Direction: Maria Villar
Design: Valerie Valera
Additional Photos: Hugh Brown & Michaelochsarchives.com
Project Assistance: Bob O'Neill, Ingrid K. Olson, April Milek, Steve
Woolard & Randy Perry
Special Thanks: Emily Simon, Bob Emmer, Lynda Lou Bouch, Laurie Gorman,
Malinda Ramirez, David Millman, Nina Avramides, Debbie Aronofsky, Lisa Thomas &
Steve Brumbach
Representation:
HK Management
Howard Kaufman & Peter Schivarelli
9200 Sunset Blvd. #530
Los Angeles, CA 90069
Original Issue Columbia #KC-31102, July 1972
Rhino Records Re-issue Date: August 20, 2002
Rhino Selection #76175
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THE FOLLOWING MATERIAL IS COPYRIGHTED.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT SECURED.
Lyrics:
1) A Hit By Varese - Robert Lamm
Please won't you sing me
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
Something to move me
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
Can you play free
Or in three of agree to attempt something new
The people need you
A seed that will lead to a hit by Varese
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2) All Is Well - Robert Lamm
All is well again
I think I'm gonna be alright
And I'm feeling better
Again
Loving you was sad
Affairs of timing that were bad
And the laughing ended
Again
There was a time
When I thought I was fooling myself
But now, I'll take a bow
'Cause I'm free and easy
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3) Now That You've Gone - James Pankow
Take a closer look inside yourself
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
Still I can recall
The happy times
Laughing arm and arm
So alive
Was it years ago
Or just a day
When you turned to me
Said goodbye
Now you've gone away
I don't know why
Did you have to lie
Walk away
How can I go on
In emptiness
Feeling so alone
Every day
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4) Dialogue
(Part I) - Robert Lamm
Terry
Are you optimistic
'bout the way things are going?
Peter
No, I never ever think of it at all
Terry
Don't you ever worry
When you see what's going down?
Peter
No, I try to mind my business,
that is, no business at all
Terry
When it's time to function
as a feeling human being, will your
Bachelor of Arts help you get by?
Peter
I hope to study further,
a few more years or so. I also hope
to keep a steady high
Terry
Will you try to change
things, use the power that you have,
the power of a million new ideas?
Peter
What is this power you
speak of and this need for things to
change? I always thought
that everything was fine
Terry
Don't you feel repression just
closing in around?
Peter
No, the campus here is very, very free
Terry
Does it make you angry
the way war is dragging on?
Peter
Well, I hope the President
knows what he's into, I don't know
Terry
Don't you ever see the starvation
in the city where you live, all the
needless hunger all the
needless pain?
Peter
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
Terry
Thank you for the talk,
you know you really eased my mind
I was troubled by the shapes
of things to come.
Peter
Well, if you had my
outlook your feelings would be
numb, you'd always think
that everything was fine
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5) Dialogue (Part II)
- Robert Lamm
Group
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
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6) While The City Sleeps - Robert Lamm
While the city sleeps
Men are scheming
New ways to kill us
And tell us dirty lies
While the city sleeps
Earth is crumbling
Everyone talking
And doing not a thing
While the city sleeps
Men are dreaming
A world enlightened
Beyond this darkest age
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7) Saturday In The Park -
Robert Lamm
Saturday in the park
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
Saturday in the park
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
Slow motion riders fly the colours of the day
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way
listen children all is not lost
all is not lost
Funny days in the park
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
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8) State Of The Union - Robert Lamm
I was talking 'bout the state of the union
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
Then a voice came out of the darkness
Saying "Tear the system down"
Tear it down
I was thinking 'bout how that was very crazy
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
Then a voice came out of the darkness
Saying "Tear the system down"
Tear it down - down to the ground
I was wrestled of to one side of the theatre
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
Then a voice came out of the darkness
Saying "Tear the system down"
Tear it down - down to the ground
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9) Goodbye - Robert Lamm
Flying high, touch the sky
Going to places I never knew
So goodbye
And hello, long ago
I can see history
Standing still, a mystery - if you will
Pardon me
I'm away for the day
Feels so good to be soaring
'Cause L.A. was so boring
Goodbye
There must be room for growing
Somewhere else and I'm going
Goodbye
The days and nights have gone dry
The last three whole years have flashed by
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10) Alma Mater -Terry Kath
Looking back a few short years
When we made our plans and played the cards
The way they fell
Clinging to our confidence
We stood on the threshold of the goal
That we knew, dear
And though we had our fights
Had our short tempered nights
It couldn't pull our dreams apart
All our needs and all our wants
Drawn together in our heart
We felt it from the very start
It's all happened recently
Now we're living in that dream
We had not long ago
Everything is going fine
And now we just have to keep in mind
We must set brand new goals
We must not lose control
Of the possibility of the discovery
That would let everybody see
That we were just meant to be
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