Wake Up!
Wake up! Wake up!
And see what is coming down
'Cos there's a whole lotta bad things going on
Way over on the other side of town
Rise up! Speak out!
It's time for you to stand up and shout
'Cos there's a lesson to be learned
For anybody who knows what their history's about
First they came for the beggars and the scroungers
The trav'lers and the tinkers
Then they came for the poets and the playwrights
Philosophers and thinkers
Oh but I didn't speak out
Although I knew it was wrong
'Cos I could play my guitar and I could sing my songs
Wake up! Wake up!
And see what is coming down
'Cos there's a whole lotta bad things going on
Way over on the other side of town
Rise up! Speak out!
It's time for you to stand up and shout
'Cos there's a lesson to be learned
For anybody who knows what their history's about
Then they came for the ministers and rectors
The pastors and the preachers
And next they came for the tutors and the trainers
The lecturers and teachers
Oh but I didn't speak out
I didn't try very hard
'Cos I could still sing my songs and I could play my guitar.
Why on Earth d'ya think it should be
Any business of mine?
Who they came for in the night?
And who was in the firing line?
Wake up! Wake up!
And see what is coming down
'Cos there's a whole lotta bad things going on
Way over on the other side of town
Rise up! Speak out!
It's time for you to stand up and shout
'Cos there's a lesson to be learned
For anybody who knows what their history's about
Then they came to take the players and performers
The singers and guitarists
And see what is coming down
'Cos there's a whole lotta bad things going on
Way over on the other side of town
Rise up! Speak out!
It's time for you to stand up and shout
'Cos there's a lesson to be learned
For anybody who knows what their history's about
First they came for the beggars and the scroungers
The trav'lers and the tinkers
Then they came for the poets and the playwrights
Philosophers and thinkers
Oh but I didn't speak out
Although I knew it was wrong
'Cos I could play my guitar and I could sing my songs
Wake up! Wake up!
And see what is coming down
'Cos there's a whole lotta bad things going on
Way over on the other side of town
Rise up! Speak out!
It's time for you to stand up and shout
'Cos there's a lesson to be learned
For anybody who knows what their history's about
Then they came for the ministers and rectors
The pastors and the preachers
And next they came for the tutors and the trainers
The lecturers and teachers
Oh but I didn't speak out
I didn't try very hard
'Cos I could still sing my songs and I could play my guitar.
Why on Earth d'ya think it should be
Any business of mine?
Who they came for in the night?
And who was in the firing line?
Wake up! Wake up!
And see what is coming down
'Cos there's a whole lotta bad things going on
Way over on the other side of town
Rise up! Speak out!
It's time for you to stand up and shout
'Cos there's a lesson to be learned
For anybody who knows what their history's about
Then they came to take the players and performers
The singers and guitarists
Credits
Writer(s): Adam Teddy Thompson
Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
Link
© 2025 All rights reserved. Rockol.com S.r.l. Website image policy
Rockol
- Rockol only uses images and photos made available for promotional purposes (“for press use”) by record companies, artist managements and p.r. agencies.
- Said images are used to exert a right to report and a finality of the criticism, in a degraded mode compliant to copyright laws, and exclusively inclosed in our own informative content.
- Only non-exclusive images addressed to newspaper use and, in general, copyright-free are accepted.
- Live photos are published when licensed by photographers whose copyright is quoted.
- Rockol is available to pay the right holder a fair fee should a published image’s author be unknown at the time of publishing.
Feedback
Please immediately report the presence of images possibly not compliant with the above cases so as to quickly verify an improper use: where confirmed, we would immediately proceed to their removal.