Jim Boyd Wake
I saw ten people die
before I was ten years old
and I knew how to cry
before I was ever born
wake alive alive
wake alive alive
sweetheart, I know these car wrecks are nearly genetic
sweetheart, I know these hands have been shaking for generations
and they shake and shake and shake and shake
sweetheart I know these suicides are always genetic
sweetheart I know we have to travel to the reservation
for the wake
and wake and wake and wake
and all these wakes for the dead are putting the living to sleep
I can’t bury my grief
unless I bury my fear
I can’t bury my fear
before I bury my friend
wake alive alive
wake alive alive
sweetheart, I know these car wrecks are nearly genetic
sweetheart, I know these hands have been shaking for generations
and they shake and shake and shake and shake
sweetheart I know these suicides are always genetic
sweetheart I know we have to travel to the reservation
for the wake
and wake and wake and wake
and sweetheart all these wakes for the dead are putting the living to sleep
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
and I think it’s time for us to find a way
yea, I think it’s time
for us to find a way
to wake up
to wake up
to wake up
to wake up
