When You Awake

Ollie told me, I'm a fool

So I walked on down the road a mile

Went to the house that brings a smile

Sat upon my grandpa's knee

And what do you think he said to me?

When you awake, you will remember everythin'

You will be hangin' on a string from your

When you believe you will relieve on the soul

That you were born up to grow old and never know

Ollie showed me the fork in the road

You can take to the left or go straight to the right

Use your days and save your nights

Careful where you step and watch whacha eat

Sleep with the light and you got it beat

When you awake you will remember everythin'

You will be hangin' on a string from your

When you believe you will relieve on the soul

That you were born up to grow old and never know

Ollie warned me, it's mean old world

The street don't greet you, yes, it's true

What am I supposed to do?

Read the writin' on the wall

I heard it when I was very small

When you awake, you will remember everythin'

You will be hangin' on a string from your

When you believe you will relieve on the soul

That you were born up to grow old and never know

Wash my hands in lye water

I got a date with the Captains daughter

You can go and tell your brother

We sure gonna love one another, oh yea

May be right and you might be wrong

I ain't gonna worry all day long

Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite

My old car froze up last night

Ain't no reason to hang my head I could wake up in the

Mornin' dead

Ohh ohh ohh

Ohh ohh ohh

If I thought it would do any good

I'd stand on the rock where Moses