This song and its title refer to the Democratic National Convention of 1968 which is notorious for being extremely violent, as Mayor Daley gave the Chicago Police virtual free range to do what they saw necessary in order to stop the rioters.
[Intro: Demonstrators]
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
[Verse 1: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
Would you look around you now
And tell me what you see
Faces full of hate and fear
Faces full of me
Do you feel the rumblings (Ahhh...)
As your head comes crumbling down? (Ahhh...)
Do you know what I mean?
[Verse 2: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
Run, you better, run you know
The end is getting near
Feel the wind of something hard
Come whistling past your ear
As they try to get you (Ahhh...)
Where it will upset you (Ahhh...)
Down
Now you know what I mean
[Chorus: Peter Cetera]
Someday, you will see how long
We've waited for the time
To show you how we've died
To get together with you all
[Interlude: Demonstrators]
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
The whole world's watching
[Verse 4: Robert Lamm (Bandmates)]
Twist and turn your head around
'Till everything's unclear
Twist and turn your arm around
Until it is not there
And they'd love to burn you (Ahhh...)
Or at least to turn you around (Ahhh...)
Now you know what I mean
[Verse 5: Robert Lamm, (Bandmates)]
Can you look around you now
And tell us what's to be?
Can you look inside yourself
And tell us what you see?
As you feel the rumblings (Ahhh...)
As your head comes crumbling down (Ahhh...)
And you know what I mean
[Chorus: Peter Cetera]
Someday, you will see how long
We've been waiting for the time
To show you how we've died
To get together with you all
Someday (August 29, 1968) was written by Robert Lamm & James Pankow.
Someday (August 29, 1968) was produced by James William Guercio.
Chicago released Someday (August 29, 1968) on Mon Apr 28 1969.