Wake up this morning to say good night again Give me your sleeping hand Shake up your clothes, mine Say: Coffee? Say: A letter for you Say: Rescue me Have a heart, child We're only adults busing in here And working There are worse things than words, you know But you wouldn't believe it to hear some people talk Wake up, it's Christmas morning All the parents are gone and the children aren't here yet Say: Have a drink, and Say: Open this one first Say: Duty calls Have a heart child Roughing is the hard part There are worse things than words, you know But you wouldn't believe it to hear some people talk And I will talk to you if I can And I will talk to you if I can And if I can, then you can talk to me Well, wake me up to go to sleep again Wake up, there's been a hit-and-run Broken glass everywhere Say nothing, it's obvious what's going on here Say: This street's never been the same since Kennedy died Have a heart, child You weren't even born. There are worse things than words, you know But you wouldn't believe it to hear some people talk So wake up and let me tell you When are we gonna see the big bright tonight, huh? Say: Now what would it give you the wine and me and water Have a heart child Who thinks I'm driving? There are worse things than words, you know But you wouldn't believe it to hear some people talk And I will talk to you if I can And I will talk to you if I can And if I can, then you can talk to me Ah, wake up, wake up to the morning nausea Wake up to death in life Wake up to being another mother, child Say: If this is life give me breakdancing Say: If this is art give me television Say, child Do you think we should have a heart to heart? There are worse things than words, you know But you wouldn't believe it to hear some people talk And I will talk to you if I can And I will talk to you if I can And I will talk to you if I can And I will talk to you if I can And if I can, then you can talk to me