WAKE UP MY MIND
Burnett, Holden, and Gibbons : recorded by The Uglies, c.1965

I am a man in the prime of my life
I've got a house and a car and a beautiful wife
There's no chip on my shoulder, I've no axe to grind
And no possible reason to Wake Up My Mind.

And the days break and the nights fall and drift into time …

Somewhere there's hunger, somewhere there's war
But I can do nothing so I'll just ignore
The cruelty around me, pretending I'm blind
In case I start thinking and Wake Up My Mind.

And the days break and the nights fall and drift into time …

I read in the papers, a policeman shot down
Two negro's in cold blood in some racial town
And I'm having a new car but I don't know what kind
But one of these days I will Wake Up My Mind.

And the days break and the nights fall and drift into time …

Yes it seems as though fortune has smiled upon me
But now it's too late I'm beginning to see
I've spent my life searching but no peace I find
And it's left me with no time to Wake Up My Mind.

And the days break and the nights fall and drift into time …

Still a good song! Does anyone know anything about these guys??

Cheers! R-J