wake up

when fortune smiles I smile to think

how quickly she will frown

it won't matter how high we climb

we'll always be coming down

there comes a time and a place and a day

when you realize it is true

wake up oh sinner and rise from the dead

and Christ will shine on you

ahhhhhhh

well I've been north and south and east and west

and it's the same

I see folks trying to make their own peace

picking at their shame

and so my friends it's a simple thing

I'll tell you what to do

wake up oh sleeper and rise from the dead

and Christ will shine on you

ahhhhhhh (out)