Wake up / to night and day

Wake up / to the children playing

Wake up / if you care at all

Wake up


No more time for the laughing fat belly

No more time for the case of cheer

No more time for the newspapers heralding

the headlines of excess

It’s gone

It’s all so far away now


Wake up / the animals of progress and success

Wake up / the alarm bell’s ringing in your head

Wake up / the mental and physical exercise

Wake up

And never sleep again


No more time for the weak and miserable

No more time for flirtations with hell

It’s time to stand up

Get lean mean and hungry

Wake up / and break out of your empty shell


© 1984
Inputted and revised © 2019

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10/25/2019

Posted on 10/25/2019
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