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Wide Awake (Recorded Live At Sixth & I Historic Synagogue, Washington, DC on April 17, 2011)
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You can look a hurricane right in the eye
Twelve hundred people that are left to die
Follow the leader, were it an eye for an eye
You'd all be blind, deaf or murdered
Of this, I'm sure
In these uncertain times
[Verse 2]
So, come pull the sheet over my eyes
So I can sleep tonight
Despite what I've seen today
I found you guilty of a crime, of sleeping at a time
When you should have been wide awake
[Verse 3]
Down on the road, the world is floating by
The poor and undefended left behind
While you're somewhere trading lives for oil
As if the whole world were blind
[Verse 4]
So, come pull the sheet over my eyes
So I can sleep tonight
Despite what I've seen today
I found you guilty of a crime, of sleeping at a time
When you should have been wide awake
I found you guilty of a crime, that much I know
[Verse 5]
So, come pull the sheet over my eye
So I can sleep tonight
Despite what I've seen today
I found you guilty of a crime, of sleeping at a time
When you should have been wide awake
[Verse 6]
Wide awake
Wide awake
Wide awake
Wide awake
Wide awake
Written by: Brad Wilk, Chris Cornell, Tim Commerford, Tom Morello

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