When You Awake Lyrics - Bob Dylan

Ollie, told me that, that I'm a fool 

So I walked on down the road a mile 

And went to the house that brings a smile 

Sat upon my grandpa's knee 

And what do you think he said to me? 

When you awake you will remember ev'rything 

You will be hangin' on a string 

When you believe, you will relieve the only soul 

That you were born with to grow old and never know 

Ollie, showed me the fork in the road, he said 

"Yeah, you can to take to the left or go straight to the right 

Save your days and use your nights 

Be careful where you step and watch wha-cha eat 

Sleep with the light on and you got it beat" 

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When you awake you will remember ev'rything 

You will be hangin' on a string, yeah and 

When you believe, you will relieve the only soul 

That you were born with to grow old and never know 

Ollie, told me it's a mean old world 

The street don't greet ya, yes, it's true 

But what am I supposed to do 

Read the writing on the wall 

I heard it when I was very small 

When you awake you will remember ev'rything 

You will be hangin' on a string and 

When you believe, you will relieve the only soul 

That you were born with to grow old and never know, oh no, no 

I wash my hands in lye water 

Got a date with the captains daughter 

You can go and tell your brother 

We sure gonna love one another 

Oh, it's okay, it's all right, yeah, yeah 

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You may be right and you might be wrong 

No I won't worry all day long 

Snow's gonna come and the frost gonna bite 

My old car froze up last night 

Ain't no reason to hang my head 

So I could wake up in the mornin' dead, oh no, no 

And if I thought it would do any good 

I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood