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One of the most popular touring and recording acts in rock history, Chicago has been around the world a dozen times, but few concerts compare with a special 2002 show they performed in New York City. The band took the stage without a preplanned set list, instead allowing listeners across the United States to call in or email requests. Celebrating 35 years of making music, Chicago performed 14 fan favorites in their Live By Request concert special for the A&E network.

Original Tracks
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  1. Beginnings

  2. (Robert Lamm)
  3. Saturday In The Park

  4. (Robert Lamm)
  5. Look Away

  6. (Diane Warren)
  7. If You Leave Me Now

  8. (Peter Cetera)
  9. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?

  10. (Robert Lamm)
  11. 25 Or 6 To 4

  12. (Robert Lamm)
  13. Feelin’ Stronger Every Day

  14. (James Pankow ~ Peter Cetera)
  15. Dialogue (Part I & II)

  16. (Robert Lamm)
  17. You're The Inspiration

  18. (Peter Cetera ~ David Foster)
  19. Questions 67 And 68

  20. (Robert Lamm)
  21. Colour My World

  22. (James Pankow)
  23. Make Me Smile

  24. (James Pankow)
  25. Old Days

  26. (James Pankow)
  27. Free
    (Robert Lamm)

Bonus Performances:

  1. Just You 'N' Me
    (James Pankow)
  2. Hard To Say I'm Sorry / Get Away
    (P. Cetera ~ D. Foster / P. Cetera ~ D. Foster ~ R. Lamm)

 

1 DVD ~ Color ~ 92 Minutes ~ Unrated


Chart Information:

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Band Members:

Robert Lamm: keyboards, percussion, vocals
Lee Loughnane: trumpet, flügelhorn, percussion, vocals
James Pankow: trombone, percussion, vocals
Walter Parazaider: woodwinds, percussion, vocals
Bill Champlin: keyboards, guitar, vocals
Jason Scheff: bass, vocals
Tris Imboden: drums, harmonica
Keith Howland: guitar, vocals

Production Notes:

Representation:
HK Management
Howard Kaufman & Peter Schivarelli
9200 Sunset Blvd. #530
Los Angeles, CA 90069

This Compilation P & C 2002 Rhino Entertainment Company, 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025-4900. Warner Music Group, an AOL Time Warner Company. Printed in U.S.A.

Recorded: 2002
Rhino Records Issue Date: 2003
Rhino Selection #970164

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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Lyrics:

BEGINNINGS

When I'm with you, it doesn't matter where we are,
Or what we're doing. I'm with you, that's all that matters.
Time passes much too quickly when we're together laughing.
I wish I could sing it to you, oh no,
I wish I could sing it to you.
Mostly I'm silent.
Never think about words to say.

When I kiss you, I feel a thousand different feelings.
The color of chills all over my body.
And when I feel them, I quickly try to decide which one
I should try to put into words, oh no,
Try to put into words.
Mostly I'm silent.

Only the beginning of what I want to feel forever.
Only the beginning. Only just the start.
I've got to get you into my life.
Got to get you next to me.
Only the beginning. Only just the start.

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SATURDAY IN THE PARK

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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LOOK AWAY

Lyrics Not Available

IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
No baby please don't go
If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me
No baby please don't go

A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we'll both regret
Things we said today

Cause I need you more than you'll ever know

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DOES ANYBODY REALLY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?

As I was walking down the street one day
A man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was
on my watch, yeah
And I said
Does anybody really know what time it is
I don't
Does anybody really care
care
If so I can't imagine why
about time
We've all got time enough to cry
Oh no, no

And I was walking down the street one day
A pretty lady looked at me and said her diamond watch had
stopped cold dead
And I said
Does anybody really know what time it is
I don't
Does anybody really care
care
If so I can't imagine why
about time
We've all got time enough to cry
Oh no, no

And I was walking down the street one day
Being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock,
oh, so I just don't know,
I just don't know
And I said, yes I said

Background Vocal:
People runnin' everywhere
Don't know the way to go
Don't know where I am
Can't see past the next step
Don't have to think past the last mile
Have no time to look around
Just run around, run around and think why

Does anybody really know what time it is
I don't
Does anybody really care
care
If so I can't imagine why
about time
We've all got time enough to die
Oh no, no

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25 OR 6 TO 4

Waiting for the break of day
Searching for something to say
Flashing lights against the sky
Giving up I close my eyes
Sitting cross-legged on the floor
25 or 6 to 4

Staring blindly into space
Getting up to splash my face
Wanting just to stay awake
Wondering how much I can take
Should I try to do some more
25 or 6 to 4

Feeling like I ought to sleep
Spinning room is sinking deep
Searching for something to say
Waiting for the break of day
25 or 6 to 4
25 or 6 to 4

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FEELIN' STRONGER EVERY DAY

I do believe in you
And I know you believe in me
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
And now we realize
Love's not all that it's supposed to be
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

And knowing that you would have wanted it this way
I do believe I'm feelin' stronger every day

I know we really tried
Together we had love inside
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
So now the time has come
For both of us to live on the run
Oh yeah
Oh yeah

And knowing that you would have wanted it this way
I do believe I'm feelin' stronger every day
Yeah, yeah, yeah

After what you've meant to me
Ooh baby now
I can make it easily
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know that we both agree
Best thing to happen to you
The best thing that happened to me
Yeah, yeah, yeah

Feelin' stronger every day
Feelin' stronger every day
Feelin' stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin' stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin' stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin' stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin' stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feelin stronger every day
(You know I'm alright now)
Feeling stronger every day

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DIALOGUE (PART I & II)

Are you optimistic
'bout the way things are going?

No, I never 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

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YOU'RE THE INSPIRATION

You know our love was meant to be
The kind of love that lasts forever
And I need you here with me
From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go
You're always on my mind, in my heart
In my soul

You're the meaning in my life
You're the inspiration
You bring felling to my life
You're the inspiration
Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you hear me sayin'
No one needs you more that I need you

And i know, yes I know that it's plain to see
We're so in love when we're together
And i know that I need you here with me
From tonight until the end of time

You should know, everywhere I go
Always on my mind, in my heart in my soul

You're the meaning in my life
You're the inspiration
You bring felling to my life
You're the inspiration
Wanna have you near me
I wanna have you hear me sayin'
No one needs you more that I need you

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QUESTIONS 67 AND 68

Can this feeling that we have together
Oooh, Suddenly exist between
Did this meeting of our minds together
Oooh, Happen just today, somewhere
I'd like to know,
Can you tell me -- please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
It's just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing

Was your image in my mind so deeply
Was your image in my mind so deeply
Oooh, other places fade away
blocking memories of unhappy hours
Oooh, Leavin' just a burnin' love
I'd like to know,
I'd like to know,
Can you tell me -- please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
It's just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing
Yes it does now baby

Can this lovin' we have found within us
Oooh, Suddenly exist between
Did we somehow try to make it happen
Oooh, Was it just a natural thing
I'd like to know,
Can you tell me -- please don't tell me
It really doesn't matter anyhow
It's just that the thought of us so happy
Appears in my mind, as a beautifully mysterious thing
Yes it does now baby
Questions 67 and 68

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COLOUR MY WORLD

As time goes on,
I realize
Just what you mean
To me
And now,
Now that you're near,
Promise your love
That I've waited to share
And dreams
Of our moments together
Color my world with hope of loving you

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MAKE ME SMILE

Children play in the park, they don't know
I'm alone in the dark, even though
Time and time again I see your face smiling inside

I'm so happy
That you love me
Life is lovely
When you're near me
Tell me you will stay
Make me smile

Living life is just a game so they say
All the games we used to play fade away
We may now enjoy the dreams we shared so long ago

Oh my darling, got to have you. Feel the magic when I hold you
Cry sweet tears of joy, touch the sky

Now I need you more than ever. No more crying - we're together
Tell me you will stay
Make me smile

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OLD DAYS

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...

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FREE

I just want to be free
I just want to be free
I want to be free of all the hurt
Free of all the pain
I want to just end these lonely hours
End these lonely days
I just want to be free
I just want to be free
I just want to be free
I just want to be free


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