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G#
Are you optimistic
B♭m7onG#
'Bout the ways that things are going?
No, I neve r ever think of it at a ll
C#
Don't you ever worry
When you see what's going down?
Well, I try to mind my business
That is, no b usiness at a ll
G#
When it's time to function
B♭m7onG#
As a feeling human being
Will your Bach elor of Arts help you get b y?
I hope to study further
A few more years or so
I als o hope to keep a steady high
Ooh , yeah yeah yeah
G#
Will you try to change things
B♭m7onG#
Use the power that you have
The powe r of a million new id eas?
What is this power you speak of
And the need for things to change?
I alw ays thought that everything was fine
Ever ything is fine
Do n't you feel repression just closing in around?
No, the camp us here is very ve ry free
C#
Don't it make you angry
The way war is dragging on?
Well, I hop e the president knows what he's into
I don't know
Ooh, I just don't know, yeah
Do n't you see starvation in the city where you live
E♭onG#
All the needless hunger
Al l the needless pain?
Ooh, I haven't been there lately
The country is so fine
But my neighbors don't seem hungry
'Cause they have n't got the time
Have n't got the time
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G#
Thank you for the talk
B♭m7onG#
You know you really eased my mind
I was trou bled by the shapes of things to c ome
Well, if you had my outlook
Your feelings would be numb
You'd alw ays think that everything was fine
Ev erything was fine

























