These lyrics are so valid today...
Dialogue Part 1 by Chicago
Jerry: Are you optimistic 'bout the way that things are going?
Peter: No, I never ever think of it at all.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: Don't you feel repression just closing in around?
Peter: No, the campus here is very very free.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: Don't you ever see 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 neighbours don't seem hungry 'cause they haven't got the time.
Jerry: 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.
peace.
Jerry: Are you optimistic 'bout the way that things are going?
Peter: No, I never ever think of it at all.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: Don't you feel repression just closing in around?
Peter: No, the campus here is very very free.
Jerry: 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.
Jerry: Don't you ever see 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 neighbours don't seem hungry 'cause they haven't got the time.
Jerry: 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.
peace.