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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Steve Winwood
Synthesizer
Carol Steele
Percussion
Jimmy Bralower
Programming
Robbie Kilgore
Synthesizer
Andrew Thomas
Synthesizer Programming
Nile Rodgers
Guitar
Ira Siegel
Guitar
Jocelyn Brown
Background Vocals
Connie Harvey
Background Vocals
Mark Stephens
Background Vocals
David Martin Frank
Synthesizer
John "J.R." Robinson
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Steve Winwood
Songwriter
Will Jennings
Songwriter
David Martin Frank
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Steve Winwood
Producer
Russ Titelman
Producer
Tom Lord-Alge
Mixing Engineer
Jason Corsaro
Engineer
Bruce Lampcov
Additional Engineer
Chris Lord-Alge
Additional Engineer
Claude "Swifty" Achille
Assistant Engineer
Dave Greenberg
Additional Engineer
Ed Bruder
Assistant Engineer
Jeff Lord-Alge
Assistant Engineer
Jim Boyer
Additional Engineer
John Wolfson
Additional Engineer
Jon Goldberger
Assistant Engineer
Malcolm Pollack
Additional Engineer
Nobby Clark
Additional Engineer
Rob Eaton
Assistant Engineer
Scott Mabuchi
Assistant Engineer
Sean Chennery
Assistant Engineer
Shizuko Orishige
Assistant Engineer
Steve Rinkoff
Assistant Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
The story goes, the truth is no one knows
A stranger came, a man who lost his name
At night he tells his tale, prison, women, wail
The took him in, he let them win over and over
He said, "If you don't have good words to say
Don't wake me up until the judgment day
'Cause if nothing is the way it seems
Then this life is just a haunted dream
And all this love is just falling down through the years
And oh, I'd rather sleep"
Wake me up on judgment day
Let me hear golden trumpets play
Give me life where nothing fails
Not a dream in a wishing well
A man in tattered clothes
Crying all he knows
The darkness grows
That's how it goes over and over
He said, "I think of the beauty I've had
And all it does is make me feel so bad
'Cause they make you think you're riding high
Then they toss you up off in the sky
And all this life is just falling down through the years
And oh, I'd rather sleep"
Wake me up on judgment day
Let me hear golden trumpets play
Give me life where nothing fails
Not a dream in a wishing well
Say a prayer for the stranger
Listen to the stranger
Wake me up on judgment day
Let me hear golden trumpets play
Give me life where nothing fails
Not a dream in a wishing well
Wake me up on judgment day
Let me hear golden trumpets play, yeah
Give me life where nothing fails
Not a dream in a wishing well
Oh, oh, wake up, wake me up
Let me hear
Give me life
Not a dream in a wishing well
Wake me up on judgment day
Let me hear golden trumpets play, yeah
Give me life where nothing fails
Not a dream in a wishing well, oh, oh
Wake me up on judgment day
Wake me up
Give me life
Give me life where nothing fails
Oh, oh, yeah, oh, oh, oh
Wake me up on judgment day
Give me life, give me life
Give me life, give me life
Give me life where nothing fails
Writer(s): Will Jennings, Steve Winwood
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