When You Awake - Live at LA Forum, Inglewood, CA - February 1974

Ollie told me that I'm a fool
 So I walked on down the road a mile
 Then 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 everything
 You will be hanging' on a string
 When you believe, you will relieve the only soul
 That you were born with to grow old and never know
 Ollie, you showed me the fork in the road
 You said that, "You can take to the left or go straight to the right
 Save your days and use your nights
 Be careful where you step, and watch what do you eat
 Sleep with the light on and you got it beat"
 When you awake you will remember everything
 You will be hanging' on a string, yeah
 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 you, yes, it's true
 But what am I supposed to do?
 Read the writing on the walls
 I heard it when I was very small
 When you awake you will remember everything
 You will be hanging' on a string, yeah
 When you believe, you will relieve the only soul
 That you were born with to grow old and never know, oh, no, no
 I washed my hands in lye water
 Got a date with the Captain's daughter
 You can go and tell your brother
 We sure gonna love one another
 Oh, it's okay, it's alright
 Yeah, yeah
 You may be right and you might be wrong
 No, I won't worry all night 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 morning' dead
 No, no, no
 And if I thought it would do any good
 I'd stand on the rock where Moses stood