[Intro]

Yeah

[Verse 1]

She woke me up with a bang, bang

Looking over cross eyed;

Had a big hunch that the world was a big lie

When I got up, all the blood to my head

I got so dizzy fell back into my bed

I went over to the way side

Looking for the high tide

What will I find, will I find, will I find find

All I saw was a man that had a hat

That had a pom-pom, he's been there for years

Can someone tell me how long

[Chorus]

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me

What I could not find

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me

What I could not find

[Verse 2]

You see this woman woke me up at a quarter 'til three

And I didn't know it then but she put a spell on me

Said I had to go down to where the cliffs meet the sea

And meet an old man to present my plea

So I headed way down to the big pier

To await and confront my big fear

I wheeled around behind to my blindside

To find an old man with a lime and a kind eye

Said "Mister, mister, with your beard so long

Won't you be a saint and tell me just where I'm going"

He pointed to a conch shell and then to the lime

And said, "This is all I really need to get by"

[Chorus]

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find

[Bridge]

Hey, hey mister man

I know you don't know who you think I

Think I am

But I can safely say, that I

Should've been sleeping, been sleeping

Been sleeping, been sleeping the day away

Hey, hey

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]

I said "'Scuse me, have you got the time"

He shrugged his shoulders said, "Get a spine"

Coconut hit me on the head, jonesin' for a fig

I got booked last night, I need another fix, dig?

Yeah, just then I see a twinkle, twinkle in the old man's eye

And a wave-tossed bottle is thrown to the sky

I caught it on the rebound, it landed with a soft sound

I took out the message and put the bottle down

Inside was the antidote to the spell

And I read it to the man 'cause he couldn't read so well

Said "Don't worry about a thing, ya know your path is true

Just ease your mind have a banana or two"

Well, goodness, goodness, woe is me

The man nearly flipped to learn that he was free

But just before we left and started kicking it

I picked up the bottle and star-sixed it

Kick kick shuffle shuffle back to the beach

With a tune on my lips and my quest in reach

If that woman comes to you with her song so sweet

Say damn, let the poor sucker sleep

Let him sleep

[Chorus]

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find

Wake up to tell me

Wake up to show me what I could not find