Bruce Cockburn - Songs - Wake Up Willie

SONGS:
-- Wake Up Willie --
circa 1991*/released 1994*

Lyrics:

Knock, knock, knock in the morning light
Knock, knock, knock in the morning light
Says "I'm the inspector come to check your pipe"

Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
She says "Wake up Will"

Look out the window, sun coming up
Look out the window, sun coming up
I need a little capuccino in my lovin' cup

Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
She says "Wake up Will"

Traffic on the highway, must be getting late
Traffic on the highway, must be getting late
Get that oven heated up and slap some breakfast on a plate

Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
She says "Wake up Will"

Sun peepin' sleepy-eyed over the ridge
Sun peepin' sleepy-eyed over the ridge
So wake up Willie, do some more of what you did

Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
She says "Wake up Will"

Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
Wake up Willie, got work to do
She says "Wake up Will"

Known comments by Bruce Cockburn about this song, by date:

Editor's Note - *From 'Kumbaya', a various artist compilation benefit album, 1994. The recording used on Kumbaya is from the Nothing But A Burning Light album recording sessions. Newspaper reports from 1991 identify it as one of the songs that was going to be on the album. Thanks to Graeme Burk for this note.

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