LYING AWAKE LATE AT NIGHT
WONDERING IF IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT
DON’T WANT ANOTHER RESTLESS NIGHT
WORRY’IN ABOUT THINGS THAT’LL BE ALL RIGHT
I HEARD IT ON THE NEWS TODAY
DICK’S THROWN IT ALL AWAY
YOU KNOW HE’S SEEN HIS BETTER DAY
NOW WE’LL ALL HAVE TO PAY
THE KINGS POWER SHOULD BE TAKEN AWAY
RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED AGAIN
DOING WHAT WE CAN
GET BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED AGAIN
GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT WHILE YOU CAN
LIVING DOING THE BEST AT WHAT YOU CAN
IT’S GOT TO BE AN ODDITY
OR SOME SORT OF COMEDY
TO MAKE ALL THIS AN ODDITY
A WELL PUT TOGETHER COMEDY
I SAY IN ALL MODESTLY
WE ALL ARE ACTORS IN THIS COMEDY
THE JOKE IS OVER IT’S NO DOUBT
AND SOON WE WILL ALL FIND OUT
WHO’S PERSON IS UNDER DOUBT
WHO’S BEEN SHOOTING OFF THEIR SPOUT
WHO’S AT FAULT FOR THE DROUGHT
WHO’S TO THANK FOR THIS TURNABOUT
WHO’S OPEN THE GATE AND LET THE WATER OUT
RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED AGAIN
DOING WHAT WE CAN
GET BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED AGAIN
GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT WHILE YOU CAN
LIVING DOING THE BEST AT WHAT YOU CAN
BORN TO LATE FOR WATER GATE
BUT IT WAS NOT MY MISTAKE
MEET YOU AT THE PEARLY GATE
DON’T HESITATE OR BE LATE
GIVE ALL WHO PASS YOU A FAIR SHAKE
TO MAKE A FRIEND IS NO MISTAKE
IT’S KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND
HOW POWER CAN CORRUPT A MAN
TO TAKE HIM A SELFISH STAND
TO TRY TO POSSESS ALL THE LAND
AND TAKE WHAT BELONGS TO ANOTHER MAN
RIGHT BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED AGAIN
DOING WHAT WE CAN
GET BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED AGAIN
GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT WHILE YOU CAN
LIVING DOING THE BEST AT WHAT YOU CAN
LYING AWAKE LATE AT NIGHT
WONDERING IF IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT
DON’T WANT ANOTHER RESTLESS NIGHT
WORRY’IN ABOUT THINGS THAT’LL BE ALL RIGHT
Copyright 1980 Music, Lyrics, and Script from “ROCK, A MUSICAL EXPERIENCE”