Wake me when it's over Tell me when it's real Shake me when we get there When they finally do the deal Wake me when it's over Tell me when it's done When they finally voted You can let me know who won Maybe I'm right, Maybe I'm wrong Too many people Won't get along Got nothing to say But saying it louder and louder and louder And every day Hold someone hostage Make somebody pay Wake me when it's over When the circus leaves this town When the lions ate the tamer Then they finished with these clowns Maybe I'm right, Maybe I'm wrong Too many people Just don't get along Hold someone hostage Make somebody pay Hold someone hostage Make somebody pay Make somebody pay Maybe I'm right, Maybe I'm wrong Too many people Won't get along Nothing to say But saying it louder and louder and louder And everyday Hold someone hostage Make somebody pay Hey, hey, hey (Make somebody pay) Man I'd bail myself If they'd just pack it up or back it up You know, lead, follow or get out of the way 'Cause sometimes good things Can happen to bad people but man Bad people happen to good people everyday You dig? I knew that you could