When You Awake - Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA - February 1974

Lyrics for When You Awake - Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA - February 1974

Ollie told me that I'm a fool So I walked on down the road a mile Then 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 everything You will be hanging' on a string When you believe, you will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know Ollie, you showed me the fork in the road You said that, "You can take to the left or go straight to the right Save your days and use your nights Be careful where you step, and watch what do you eat Sleep with the light on and you got it beat" When you awake you will remember everything You will be hanging' on a string, yeah When you believe, you will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know Ollie told me it's a mean old world The street don't greet you, yes, it's true But what am I supposed to do? Read the writing on the walls I heard it when I was very small When you awake you will remember everything You will be hanging' on a string, yeah When you believe, you will relieve the only soul That you were born with to grow old and never know, oh, no, no I washed my hands in lye water Got a date with the Captain's daughter You can go and tell your brother We sure gonna love one another Oh, it's okay, it's alright Yeah, yeah You may be right and you might be wrong No, I won't worry all night 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 So I could wake up in the morning' dead No, no, no And if I thought it would do any good I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood