Part I

(Terry Kath)
Are you optimistic
'Bout the ways that things are going?
(Peter Cetera)
No, I never ever think of it at all
(Terry)
Don't you ever worry
When you see what's going down?

(Peter)
Well, 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
Ooh, yeah yeah yeah

(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 the need for things to change?
I always thought that everything was fine
Everything is fine

(Terry)
Don't you feel repression just closing in around?
(Peter)
No, the campus here is very very free
(Terry)
Don't 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
Ooh, I just don't know, yeah

(Terry)
Don't you see starvation in the city where you live
All the needless hunger
All the needless pain?
(Peter)
Ooh, 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
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
Everything was fine

Part II

(Group)
We can make it better
We can make it better
We can make it better, yeah yeah yeah

We can change the world now
We can change the world now
We can change the world now
(Oh-h, ah-h-h)

We can save the children
We can save the children
We can save the children, yeah yeah yeah

We can make it happen
We can make it happen
We can make it happen
(Ooh, we can make it happen)

We can save the children
We can save the children
We can save the children, yeah yeah yeah

We can make it happen
We can make it happen
We can make it happen

We can make it happen, yeah
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
(Yeah, make it happen)
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
(Yeah, make it happen)
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
(Yeah, make it happen)
We can make it happen
We can make it happen, yeah
(Oh, make it happen)
We can make it happen
We can make it ha !