(McFadden / Whitehead / Carstarphen)



Wake up everybody, no more sleepin' in bed

No more backward thinkin', time for thinkin' ahead

The world has changed so very much from what it used to be

There is so much hatred, war and poverty

Wake up all the teachers, time to teach a new way

Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say

They're the ones who are comin' up, the world is in their hands

When you teach the children, teach 'em the very best you can



The world won't get no better if we just let it be

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

The world won't get no better

We gotta change it, just you and me



Wake up all the doctors, make the old people well

They're the ones who suffer and catch all hell

They don't have so very long before their Judgement Day

Won't you make them happy before they pass away

Wake up all the builders, time to build a new land

I know we can do it if we all lend a hand

The only thing we have to do is put it in our mind

Surely things will work out, they do it every time



The world won't get no better if we just let it be

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

The world won't get no better

We gotta change it, just you and me



We gotta change the world, change the world

Change it now, change it now



I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone

I need a little help, yeah, oh, I need a little help



Wake up everybody, everybody

Wake up, wake up



Come on, I said wake up everybody, everybody

Wake up everybody

I can't do it alone, I can't do it alone

I need a little help, yeah, I need a little help, yeah