Dan Cioper: Music

Wake Up

(Daniel Cioper)

I've read all them newspapers, God they're so long.
I've heard man B's campaign pitch that man A is wrong.
I've talked on and on about the dangers ahead
but everyday Joe and Joan heard not what I said.
I've stood out on street corners beating my views.
"We've got ours", they say, "keep yours to you."
To summarize it simply, to put it more gently
listen as I say...

Wake up, wake up the time has come now!
Life ain't no dream it's reality pal.
Get off your ass and have real effect!
you've wait too long.

I've voluteered, engineered, given my good time.
Had long ended talks over bottles of wine.
Said we're gonna grow but we gotta die first.
And Things'll get better but they gotta get worse.
I've been straining and braining for a number of years.
But the answer is simple the answer is clear.
We're already dead so you don't have to wait
just do as I say...

Wake up wake up you're only dead weight.
Get on the boat before the boat leave the bay.
Open your mind to the signs in the song you've wait too long.

'Cause sleep is a disease that dwells in the workers of day.
They rake and they pound, they write and they round
on a wheel that spins in a cage on the ground.
They work for the weekend and never start thinking
that heaven'll fall down just as fast as their hearts will allow.

So wake up, wake up the time has come now
if life is a dream then start dreaming right now.
All will die or grow old except for diamonds and souls
just wake up now.

I've seen presidents lawyers and anchormen lie
I've seen priests of straight churches put moves on young guys.
I won one million dollars that I never did see
and piles of papers delivered for free.
I've felt hatred inverted, seen money clear murder
but never does it stop it only goes further.
You can think, you can link, you can wait till you sink
Then you'll wake up dead and say,

"Where do I stand when the rug's no longer dry."
There comes a time when material possesions are worth less than
The values held dear to the whole human race.
Unity, truth and some lasting compassion
and a little respect for our mother or we'll all go to waste.

So wake up, wake up the time has come now.
Change how you're living or you're living without.
There's no question about it don't be one who doubts it
just wake up now.

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