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 ev'rything

You will be hangin' on a string from your

When you believe, you will relieve the only soul

That you were born with 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

Be careful where you step, and watch wha-cha eat

Sleep with the light on and you got it beat

Ollie warned me it's a mean old world

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

But what am I supposed to do

Read the writing on the wall

I heard it when I was very small

Wash my hand in lye water, I got a date with the captain's daughter

You can go and tell your brother

We sure gonna love one another, oh!

You may be right and ya 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 your head I could wake up in the mornin' dead

Oh! And if I thought it would do any good

I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood