Poem for the People (Live in Paris, France 12/8/69)

[Spoken Intro]
We're now gonna do a song that's off our new album
I think in January
It's called "Poem for the People"

[Verse 1: Robert Lamm]
If the people only knew
They could visualize
Just open their eyes
Even stop to think about
If they could open their minds
They could get beyond

[Chorus: All]
The world's a funny place, you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny
At all

[Verse 2: Robert Lamm]
Could the people understand?
In all their whispered screams
And colorless dreams
Could they finally comprehend?
If they could suddenly see
And suddenly feel

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus: All]
The world's a funny place, you know
Most of what goes on
Is rarely funny
Rarely funny
At all