Jesus
Jesus help me
I`m alone in this world
And a fucked up world it is too
Tell me
Tell me the story
The one about eternity
And the way it`s all gonna be
Wake up
Wake up dead man
Wake up
Wake up dead man

Jesus
I`m waiting here boss
I know you`re looking out for us
But maybe your hands aren`t free
Your Father
He made the world in seven
He`s in charge of heaven
Will you put a word in for me

Wake up
Wake up dead man
Wake up
Wake up dead man

Listen to your words
They`ll tell you what to do
Listen over the rhythm that`s confusing you
Listen to the reed in the saxophone
Listen over the hum of the radio
Listen over the sounds of blades in rotation
Listen through the traffic and circulation
Listen as hope and peace try to rhyme
Listen over marching bands playing out their time

Wake up
Wake up dead man
Wake up
Wake up dead man

Jesus
Were you just around the corner?
Did you think to try and warn her?
Or are you working on something new?
If there`s and order
In all of this disorder
Is it like a tape recorder?
Can we rewind it just once more

Wake up
Wake up dead man
Wake up
Wake up dead man

I sneak in my own house
It’s four in the morning
I had too much to drink
Said I was out with the boys
I creep in my bedroom
I slip into bed,
I know if I wake her,
I’ll wake up dead

Chorus
I wonder, will she find out,
About the other, other lover.
Diana.

Wake up dead, you die
Wake up dead, and buried.
Wake up dead, you die
Wake up dead.

“It’s 3p.m.” she said, I said
“You’re crazy”
She said “get out of bed, why are you so lazy? Why waste the day away?”
I said, “Because I’m tired”
“Wendy’s called by th eway, they told me that you’re fired.”

Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh
So wreckless for all these years
Woah oh oh, woah oh oh
I crash into a wall
Woah oh oh , Woah oh oh
there’s a ringing in my ears
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh
and it’s my wake up call
Jesus gave me a wake up call
oh
take this world with a grain of salt
Jesus gave me a wake up call

“It’s 3 a.m.” she said, “Who are you, Matchbox 20?”
She said, “Are you getting rest?”
Sarcastic, I said “Plenty”
“Don’t be a hypocrit.”
I asked “What are you saying?”
When you praise God, do you meant it?
Are you sleeping when you’re praying?

Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh
so wreckless for all these years
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh
I crash into a wall
Woah oh oh, Woah oh oh
There’s a ringing in my ears
and it’s my wake up call
God gave me a wake up call
Take this world with a grain of salt
Jesus gave me a wake up call

One, two, three, four!

Wake up and live, y’all,
Wake up and live!
Wake up and live now!
Wake up and live!

Life is one big road with lots of signs,
So when you riding through the ruts, don’t you complicate your mind:
Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy!
Don’t bury your thoughts; put your vision to reality, yeah!

All together now:
Wake up and live (wake up and live, y’all),
Wake up and live (wake up and live),
wake up and wake up and live, yeah! (wake up and live now),
Wake up and (wake up and live) – wake up and live!
Rise ye mighty people, ye-ah!
There’s work to be done,
So let’s do it-a little by little:
Rise from your sleepless slumber! Yes, yeah! Yes, yeah!
We’re more than sand on the seashore,
We’re more than numbers.
All together now:
Wake up and live now, y’all!
(Wake up and live) Wake up and live!
Wake up and live, y’all!
(Wake up and live) Wake up and live now!
You see, one – one cocoa full a basket,
Whey they use you live big today: tomorrow you buried in-a casket.
One – one cocoa full a basket, yeah, yes!
Whey they use you live big today: tomorrow you bury in-a casket.

W’all together now:
(Wake up and live now!) Wake up and live! Oh! Yeah-eah!
(Wake up and live!) Uh!
(Wake up and live now!) Wake up and live!
(Wake up and live) Keep on playin’!
(Wake up and live, y’all) Uh! Yeah! Yeah!
(Wake up and live!)
(Wake up and live now!)
(Wake up and live!) Break it down!
—
/Saxophone solo/
Come on, man!
How is it feelin’ over there?
(Wake up and live now) All right!
(Wake up and live!) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Uh!
Come on, man!
You gotta wake up and live!
—
Life is one big road with lots of signs, yes!
So when you riding through the ruts, don’t you complicate your mind:
Flee from hate, mischief and jealousy!
Don’t bury your thoughts; put your dream to reality, yeah!

W’all together now:
(Wake up and live, y’all)
(Wake up and live!) Wake up and live, yea-eah!
(Wake up and live now!)
(Wake up and live!)
Wake up and live now!
(Wake up and live) Wo-oh!
Wake up and live now!
Wake up and live

I, I went to hell
I might as well
Learn by my mistakes

I at twenty-four
Was insecure
To whatever it takes

Come on now
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
It’s time, smell the coffee, the coffee
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
This time smell the coffee, the coffee

She’s only got one reason to live
Isn’t your life?
She’s only got one reason to give
Giving tonight

She’s so bored
Just I’ll
Do anything
She’s so cored
Just I’ll
Lose everything, everyday

Come on now
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
It’s time, smell the coffee, the coffee
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up
It’s time, smell the coffee, the coffee

She’s only got one reason to live
Isn’t your life?
She’s only got one reason to give
Giving tonight

She’s so bored
Just I’ll
Do anything
She’s so cored
Just I’ll
Lose everything

She’s so bored
Just I’ll
Do anything
She’s so cored
Just I’ll
Lose everything, everyday

8 o’clock in the morning,
I still hide my tired head
right beneath my pillow,
so the sun won’t get a grip
then the radio starts playing
I hear Janis sing her song
’bout a guy named Bobby
and about how to get away,
well I’d just like to stay and

wake up to the radio

9 o’clock, still tired,
put some coffee down my throat
listening to the weather forecast,
listening to those ‘weather gods’
yeah they say it’s getting cloudy,
and they say it’s goin’ to rain
although the sun is shining,
man I just love to

wake up to the radio

pollution news during coffee break
and afterwards ‘every breath you take’

wake up to the radio

Wake up! won’t you listen to me
Wake up! won’t you listen to me
won’t you listen to me
Wake up! won’t you listen to me
Wake up! won’t you listen to me
won’t you listen to me

Big brother’s watching, we watch him back
We see right through his disguise
He tries to scare us, with angry words
But we all know that they’re lies
Whole world is waiting
Just see the fear in their eyes

Whole world is watching, observing every move
Is it beginning or the end?
Just like a chess game, but so intense
That I just don’t understand
Anticipation
It’s much to big to pretend

CHORUS
(Wake up), it’s 1984
(Wake up), but we’ve been here before
(Wake up), it’s 1984
(Wake up), but we’ve been here before, (here before)

Big brother’s screaming but we don’t care
Cause he’s got nothing to say
Think of the future, think of the prophecy
Think of the children of today
Big brother’s marching
So we all stand in his way
Open your eyes, sisters and brothers
Neatly disguised, so far away
Open your heart, try to remember
Two worlds apart, but so close

(Wake up), it’s 1984
But we’ve been here before
(Wake up), it’s 1984
But we’ve been here before
All our lives leading up to this day, watching and waiting

Wake up! Wake up!
Wake up! Wake up!

Open your eyes, sisters and brothers
Neatly disguised, so far away
Open your heart, try to remember
Two worlds apart, but so close

CHORUS

Whole world is watching
Anticipating
Big brother’s marching
Is it beginning or the end?

CHORUS

[Wake up], [wake up]
[Get up]
[Wake up], [wake up]
[Get up]
[Wake up]

When I woke up this morning and got out the bed
I had some really fresh thoughts going through my head
they were thoughts that came from a wonderful dream
it was the vision of a world working as a team

it was a dream [get up]
just a dream [wake up], [wake up], [get up]

There were no guns, no what
no tanks, no what, atomic bombs
and to be frank homeboy there were no arms
just people, working hand in hand
there was a feeling of peace all across the land

it was a dream [wake up]
just a dream [get up], [wake up], [wake up]

Between all countries there were good releations
there finally was a meeting to united nations
and everybody had an occupation
’cause we all worked together to fight starvation

it was a dream [wake up]
just a dream [wake up], [get up]

Everyone was treated on an equal basis
no matter what colors, religions or races
we weren’t afraight to show our faces
it was cool to chill in foreign places

it was a dream [get up]
just a dream [wake up], [wake up], [get up]
[wake up], [wake up], [get up], [wake up]

All cities of the world were renovated
and the people all chilled and celebrated
they were all so happy and elated
to live in the world that they created

it was a dream [get up]
just a dream [wake up], [wake up], [get up]

There were no street people, we live rent free
and every single person had a place to be
a job, a home and the perfect pay
and the world was free of greed and hate

it was a dream [wake up]
just a dream [get up], [wake up], [wake up]

Unemployment was at a record low
and the presidents were chillin at our show
listening to the things that we had to say
and trying to create a new and brighter day

it was a dream [wake up]
just a dream [wake up]
it was a dream [get up]
just a dream [wake up]
it was a dream [wake up]
just a dream [get up]
it was dream [wake up]
just a dream [wake up]
[get up], [wake up], [wake up]
[get up], [wake up], [wake up]
[get up], [wake up], [wake up]
[get up], [wake up], [wake up]

I’m under covers
I’m under waters
Check out the fish and
Check out the blue and green
Breath in the colors
Breath in the waters
Breath in the liquids
Breath in the blue and green

I don’t want to wake up
I’m overcome and I’m over everything

Up above the trees
Up above your head
I’m the sonic boom
Got no gravity
Up above the land
I’m the flying man

I don’t want to wake up
I’ve had fifteen dreams she said
One for every lover’s bed
I don’t want to wake up

dissolved the life in me
you crawled inside of me
you wanted everything

you took it all from me
you walked away from me
you fuckin’ talk to me

So now I’m drunk and I’m miserable and I like it
oh yeah
I’m hooked on junk and I’m pitiful and I like it
oh yeah

chorus
WAKE UP
FOR WHAT

I hear you’re lonely and miserable and I like it
oh yeah
Hooked on junk and you’re pitiful
do you like it?
Oh yeah.

repeat chorus