Wake Up Call Songtext
von Peter Case

Today you′re visiting the combat zone
Airwaves seething 'neath your sugar tongue
They see you coming for a thousand miles
Craft left charisma and a stonewall smile
March is used tonight, the air is cool
These kids should all be going back to school
Trumpets are ruined calling down your lies
Encyclopedias of alibis

And this is your wake up call
Oh this is your wake up call
You may look big but you′re not that tall

Roomfuls of laughter chit chat on your lips
You twist the questions 'til the answer quits
Say you can't please ′em and you never will
They′ll ask forever 'bout the ones you kill

And this is your wake up call
Oh this is your wake up call
I see your face on the post office wall


You lay your bets on war and suicide
Either way you′ll need a place to hide
Big ideas and a spider hole
Where you can keep all of the lives you stole

Today you're visiting your combat zone
The opportunity you turned to stone
A photo finish of your power lines
Your black check coat and the firefly shines
You run the carpet with your mighty jeans
A big cigar and a cheesecake grin
The time has come for you to face the crime
Turn the lead and now′s the magic time

And this is your wake up call
Oh yeah this is your wake up call
You may look big but you're not that tall
I see your face on the post office wall
Have a last jerk, see you this fall
′Cause this is your wake up call

It's your wake up call