Written by: Bob Dylan

God don’t make no promises that He don’t keepYou got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleepWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughtsKarl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger’s got you tied up in knotsWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filledYou got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that’ll never cure your illsWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?You got men who can’t hold their peace and women who can’t control their tonguesThe rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the youngWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schoolsYou got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rulesWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every moveInstant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approvedWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?Do you ever wonder just what God requires?You think He’s just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desiresWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?You can’t take it with you and you know that it’s too worthless to be soldThey tell you, “Time is money,” as if your life was worth its weight in goldWhen you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?There’s a Man up on a cross and He’s been crucifiedDo you have any idea why or for who He died?When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake upWhen you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

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