Wake Up Everybody

Everybody, everybody
I want you to listen to me for a little bit, right here:
I wonder, did you read the newspapers this morning?
Or did you see the evening news, as you were having dinner with your family last night?
Well, if you did, then you must know, that this world is in a whole lot of trouble
But I don't want you to get discouraged by that, no
Because I believe, that there's a solution to all of this, deep down within my soul
All we have to do, is put our hands and our hearts together

You got to wake up, everybody, no more sleepin' in bed
And no more backward thinking, it's time for thinking ahead
The world's changed so very much, from what it used to be
There is so much hatred, war and poverty
Oh, yeah

Wake up all you teachers, you better teach a new way
Maybe then they'll listen to what you have to say
Because they're the ones who's coming up
And the world is in their hands
When you teach the children, you better teach them
The very best you can

The world won't get no better
If we just let it be (don't let it be, don't let it be!)
No no no, no no no
The world won't get no better
You gotta change it, yeah (you gotta change it, yeah)
You and me

Wake up all you doctors, make the old people well
'Cause they're the ones who suffered long, and they catch all the hell
They don't have so very long before their Judgement Day
Won't you make them happy, before they pass away?

Wake up all you builders, it's time to build a new land!
I know we can do it, if we all lend a hand
Only thing we have to do, is put it in our minds
And sure 'nough things will work out, they do it every time

The world won't get no better, oh no
If we just let it be (don't let it be, don't let it be!)
I said the world won't get no better
We gotta change it (change it!), you and me (change!)

I want you to sing along with me: (change!)
Come on! (Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
Hey, hey! (Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
That's all you gotta do! (Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
Everybody (Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)

No more sleepin' in bed, come on! (come on, wake up!)
We gotta change the world (change the world)
Change the world (change the world)
We gotta teach the children (teach the children)
We gotta teach them well (teach them well)
(We gotta change it, yeah!) Oh yeah, we do
(We gotta change it, yeah!)
'Cause the world won't get no better
('Cause the world won't get no better
'Til we change it) Oh yeah!

('Til we change it) Come on, now
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change, wake up!)
I want to say, I'm gonna do my part
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change, wake up!)
I want to say, I'm gonna do my part to make a change
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change, wake up!)
I'm gonna be a little kinder to my neighbor
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change)
Oh, I'll change... we can do it
(Cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-cha-change, wake up!)