Wake-up song
I was walking down
by the river one day
and I didn't meet anyone
who knew my name.
Who knew my name,
Oh Lord,
who knew my name,
oh my Lord.
I didn't meet anyone
who knew my name.
Someone gave to me
some figs to eat
but the figs they gave me
had dried in the heat.
Had dried in the heat,
Oh Lord
had dried in the heat,
oh my Lord.
The figs they gave me
had dried in the heat.
I stumbled and fell
on the hard rock land
looking for someone
to give me a hand.
To give me a hand,
Oh Lord,
to give me a hand,
oh my Lord.
Looking for someone
to give me a hand.
I walked in the heat
from north to south
looking for a cold cup
of water to cool my mouth.
To cool my mouth,
Oh Lord,
to cool my mouth,
oh my Lord.
Looking for a cold cup
of water to cool my mouth.
I laid me down
'neath a shady tree
waiting for the evening
to pacify me.
To pacify me,
Oh Lord,
to pacify me,
oh my Lord.
Waiting for the evening
to pacify me.
One of these mornings
and it won't be long
Everybody start singing
a wake-up song.
Wake-up song,
Oh Lord,
wake-up song,
oh my Lord.
Everybody start singing
a wake-up song.
Composed July 27, 2001, on the banks of the dried up River Jordan
