[Verse 1]

Wake me up if I'm dreamin'

But put me to sleep if I'm awake

I hear the Earth-Mother screamin'

She's nearly had all she can take

People, where are we goin'?

Why must we get there so fast?

We do things without really knowin'

How long the side effects will last

[Chorus]

Slow down, people

Where are we goin' so fast?

Where there's still time to change the road we're on

Take the less traveled path

[Verse 2]

What kind of sanity is this

Where phony values reign supreme?

When you're successful if you're rich

We call it the American dream

And in this land of sleepwalkers

What will cause us to awake

And find the dream is really a nightmare

It leaves us unconscious in its wake

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 1]

Wake me up if I'm dreamin'

But put me to sleep if I'm awake

I hear the Earth-Mother screamin'

She's nearly had all she can take

Well people, where are we goin'?

Why must we get there so fast?

We do things without really knowin'

How long the side effects will last

[Chorus]

Slow down, people

Where are we goin' so fast?

Where there's still time to change the road we're on

Take the less traveled path

Yeah, there's still time to change the road we're on

A-take the less traveled path