Part i
Are you optimistic bout the way things are going?
No, I never ever think of it at all
Dont you ever worry
When you see whats going down?
No, I try to mind my business, that is, no business at all
When its time to function as a feeling human being
Will your bachelor of arts help you get by?
I hope to study further, a few more years or so
I also hope to keep a steady high
Will you try to change things
Use the power that you have, the power of a million new ideas?
What is this power you speak of and this need for things to change?
I always thought that everything was fine
Dont you feel repression just closing in around?
No, the campus here is very, very free
Dont it make you angry the way war is dragging on?
Well, I hope the president knows what hes into, I dont know
Dont you ever see the starvation in the city where you live
All the needless hunger all the needless pain?
I havent been there lately, the country is so fine
But my neighbors dont seem hungry cause they havent got the time
Thank you for the talk, you know you really eased my mind
I was troubled by the shapes of things to come
Well, if you had my outlook your feelings would be numb
Youd always think that everything was fine
Part ii
We can make it happen
We can change the world now
We can save the children
We can make it better
We can make it happen
We can save the children
We can make it happen