Wake up everybody, no more sleeping in bed
No more backwards thinking, dying my thinking ahead
The world has changed so very much from what it used to be
There's so much hatred, war and poverty
Wake up all the teachers, time to teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say
They're the ones who are coming up and the world is in their hands
When you teach the children, teach them the very best you can
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
Na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na
The world won't get no better
We ain't changing yet, just you and me
Wake up all the doctors, make the old people well
They're the ones who suffer and catch all the hell
They don't have so very long before their judgment day
Won't you make them happy
Before they die?
That's the way
Wake up all the builders, time to build our new land
I know we can do it if we all lend a hand
Only thing we've got to do is put it in our mind
Surely things will work out
They do it every time
The world won't get no better
If we just let it be
Na na na na na na na na
The world won't get no better
We ain't changing yet, just you and me
Na na na na na na na our Lord
Na na na na na na our Lord
Na na na na na na our Lord
Na na na na na na our Lord
Wake up, everybody
No more sleeping in bed
No more back to thinking, Lord, thinking ahead
Wake up, everybody
Get up, everybody
Don't push us
You stop pushing all that dough
Don't use us
You stop using all that dough
Need a little help, Lord
Need a little help, Lord
Preach us
You start practicing what you preach
Teach us
And start teaching what they need
Need a little help, Lord
Need a little help, Lord
All the little good boys should stop with the talk
All the little children should stop using talk
All the little children should stop using talk
All the little teachers should learn what your teachers say
Lord, wake up, everybody
Get up, everybody