Chicago Lyrics
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
Beginnings
I'm A Man
Make Me Smile
Colour My World
25 or 6 to 4
Saturday In The Park
Just You N Me
Feelin' Stronger Everyday
(I've Been) Searchin' So Long
Wishing You Were Here
Call On Me
Old Days
If You Leave Me Now
Baby What a Big Surprise
Hard to Say I Sorry
Stay the Night
Hard Habit to Break
You're the Inspiration
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? Does anybody really care?
If so, I can't imagine why we've all got time enough to cry.

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? Does anybody really care?
If so, I can't imagine why we've all got time enough to cry.

And I was walking down the street one day (people running everywhere).
Being pushed and shoved (don't know where to go)
by people trying to beat the clock (don't know where I am)
oh, no I just don't know (can't see past the next step),
I don't know (don't have time to think past the last mile),
I don't know, (have no time to look around),
And I said, yes I said (just run around, run around and think why)-
Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?
If so, I can't imagine why we've all got time enough to die. Everybody's running.


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 of the right 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. 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 mama, got to get you next to me.
Only the beginning, only just the start.
Only the beginning, only the beginning, only the beginning, only the beginning...


I'm A Man

Well my pad is very messy, got whiskers on my chin.
Never had no problems cause I've always paid the rent, I got no time for loving
cause my time is all used up, I stand outside creating all the groovy kinds of love.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.

If I had my choice of matter, I would rather be with cats all engrossed in mental chatter,
showing where your mind is at while relating to each other how strong the love can be
by resisting all the good times with each groovy chick we see.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.

I've got to keep my image while I'm standing on the floor.
If I drop upon my knees, it's just to keep them on my nose.
You think that I'm not human and my heart is made of stone
but I've never had no problems cause my body's pretty strong.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.

If I had my choice of matter, I would rather be with cats all engrossed in mental chatter,
showing where your mind is at while relating to each other how strong the love can be
by resisting all the good times with each groovy chick we see.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.

I gotta keep my image while I'm standing on the floor.
If I drop upon my knees, it's just to keep them on my nose.
You think that I'm not human and my heart is made of stone
but I've never had no problems cause my body's pretty strong.
I'm a man, yes I am and I can't help but love you so.
Man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so.
Man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so.
Man, yes I am, and I can't help but love you so.


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.


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.


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?


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.
(Fake Italian lyric), 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 colors of the day.
A bronze man still can tell stories his own way.
Listen children, all is not lost. All is not lost, no, no, no.

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.


Just You N Me

You are my love and my life, you are my inspiration.
Just you 'n me, simple and free. Baby, you're everything I've ever dreamed of.

Give me your own special smile, promise you'll never leave me.
Just you 'n me, simple and free. Life is so easy when you're beside me.

Come hold me close, never release me. Oh, baby don't release me.
Open your arms, let my love in, let me in, let me in, let me in.
Love me tonight, love me forever and ever.

You know I can't forget you, just you 'n me to carry on.
Simple and free my lovely, to flow as one as love's reward.
Loving you girl is so damn easy.

You are my love and my life, you are my inspiration.
Just you 'n me, simple and free. Baby, you're everything I've ever dreamed of.


Feelin' Stronger Everyday

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 a 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.

After what you've meant to me, ooh baby now, I can make it easily.
I know that we both agree the best thing to happen to you
is the best thing that happened to me.

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)…


(I've Been) Searchin' So Long

As my life goes on I believe, somehow something's changed.
Something deep inside, ooh a part of me.
There's a strange new light in my eyes, things I've never known
changing my life, changing me.
I've been searchin' so long to find an answer. Now I know my life has meaning.

Now I see myself as I am, feeling very free. Life is everything, ooh it's meant to be.
When my days have come to an end, I will understand what I left behind, part of me.
I've been searchin' so long to find an answer. Now I know my life has meaning.

Searching (don't you know I'm) for an answer to the question, oh yeah, "Who am I?"
Maybe, maybe it's true it's only natural (it's only natural baby, yeah)
Good things in life take a long time, yeah yeah.


Wishing You Were Here

Sleepless hours and dreamless nights and far aways. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.
Heaven knows and lord it shows when I'm away. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.

Same old show in a different town on another time. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.
Even though you're far away, you're on my mind. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.

And I'd like to change my life, and you know I would
just to be with you tonight, baby, if I could.
But I've got my job to do, and I do it well, so I guess that's how it is.
Oo oo oo, wishing you were here. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.

On the road it's a heavy load, but I'll get by. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.
Pay the price, make a sacrifice, and still I'll try. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.
Oo oo oo, wishing you were here. Oo oo oo, wishing you were here.


Call On Me

The feeling is clear, clear as a blue sky on a sunny day.
Everything was you cause no one made me feel the way I felt with you.
Call on me cause I love you, you know I do, you love me too.

Then came a change when I said I would soon be leaving you. Nothing else to do.
Please remember I'll never lose the thought of you.
Call on me cause I love you, you know I do, you love me too.

You've got to find someone else to somehow take my place, share his love with you.
But if you need a friend, you can always count on me count on me
Call on me cause I love you, you know I do, you love me too.

You can count on me, oh, you can count on me.
You can count on me, baby, you can count on me...


Old Days

Old days, good times I remember. Fun days filled with simple pleasures.
Drive-in movies, comic books and blue jeans, Howdy Doody.
Baseball cards and birthdays take me back to a 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 a world gone away. Boyhood memories seem like yesterday.

Old days in my mind and in my heart to stay.
Old days, darkened dreams of good times gone away.
Old days, days of love and feeling fancy-free.
Old days, days of magic still so close to me.

Old days in my mind and in my heart to stay.
Old days, darkened dreams of good times gone away.
Old days, days of love and feeling fancy-free.
Old days, days of magic still so close to me.


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.

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.

If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me. No baby, please don't go.
Oh girl, just got to have you by my side. No baby, please don't go.
Oh mama, I just got to have your loving, yeah. We've come too far to leave it all behind...


Baby What a Big Surprise

Right before my very eyes, I thought that you were only faking it.
And like before my heart was taking it.
Baby, what a big surprise, right before my very eyes.

Yesterday it seemed to me my life was nothing more than wasted time.
But here today you've softly changed my mind.
Baby what a big surprise, right before my very eyes.

Just to be alone was a little more than I could take. Then you came to stay.
Hold me in the morning, love me in the afternoon, help me find my way.

Now and then just like before, I think about the love I've thrown away.
But now it doesn't matter anyway.
Baby what a big surprise, right before my very eyes...


Hard to Say I Sorry

"Everybody needs a little time away," I heard her say, "from each other."
"Even lover's need a holiday far away from each other."
Hold me now. It's hard for me to say I'm sorry. I just want you to stay.
After all that we've been through, I will make it up to you. I promise to.
And after all that's been said and done, you're just the part of me I can't let go.

Couldn't stand to be kept away just for the day from your body.
Wouldn't wanna be swept away, far away from the one that I love.
Hold me now. It's hard for me to say I'm sorry. I just want you to know.
Hold me now. I really want to tell you I'm sorry. I could never let you go.
After all that we've been through, I will make it up to you. I promise to.
And after all that's been said and done, you're just the part of me I can't let go.

After all that we've been through, I will make it up to you. I promise to.
You're gonna be the lucky one.


Stay the Night

I don't want you to misunderstand me, I just wanna say what's on my mind.
No need to hit me with an attitude because I haven't got the time.
I want you to know one thing's for certain, I surely love your company.
And I won't take no if that's your answer, at least that's my philosophy.
Stay the night, there's room enough here for two.
Stay the night, I'd like to spend it with you.
Stay the night, why don't we call it a day? No one can stop us, nothing is in the way.

Have some friendly conversation and if you still don't have a clue,
unless there's something else you've got in mind, we've got better things to do.
Stay the night, there's room enough here for two.
Stay the night, I'd like to spend it with you.
Stay the night, why don't we call it a day? No one can stop us, nothing is in the way.

Just to have you near me, here by my side.
Just to have you near me and when I get next to your body, just to have you near me.
I wanna tell you something, make it perfectly clear, we're gonna have a very good time.
Stay the night, there's room enough here for two.
Stay the night, I'd like to spend it with you.
Stay the night, why don't we call it a day? No one can stop us, nothing is in the way.


Hard Habit to Break

I guess I thought you'd be here forever. Another illusion I chose to create.
You don't know what you got until it's gone and I found out just a little too late.
I was acting as if you were lucky to have me.
Doing you a favor, I hardly knew you were there.
But then you were gone and it all went wrong. Had no idea how much I cared.
Now being without you takes a lot of getting used to.
Should learn to live with it but I don't want to.
Living without you is all a big mistake.
Instead of getting easier, it's the hardest thing to take
I'm addicted to you babe, you're a hard habit to break.

You found someone else, you had every reason.
You know I can't blame you for running to him.
Two people together but living alone, I was spreading my love too thin.
After all of these years, I'm still trying to shake it.
Do much better, they say that it just takes time.
But deep in the night it's an endless fight, I can't get you out of my mind
Now being without you takes a lot of getting used to.
Should learn to live with it but I don't want to.
Living without you is all a big mistake.
Instead of getting easier, it's the hardest thing to take
I'm addicted to you babe, you're a hard habit to break.

Being without you takes a lot of getting used to.
Should learn to live with it but I don't want to.
Living without you is all a big mistake.
Instead of getting easier, it's the hardest thing to take
I'm addicted to you babe, you're a hard habit to break.


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 feeling to my life, you're the inspiration.
Wanna have you near me, I wanna have you hear me saying
no one needs you more than 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, 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 feeling to my life, you're the inspiration.
Wanna have you near me, I wanna have you hear me saying
no one needs you more than I need you.