From the recording Social Butterfly / Social Parasite
By Barrett Martin, Michael McCready, and Layne Staley
Copyright Songtrust Blvd o/b/o True Sounds of Subterranean Po, Jumpin' Cat Music, Nancylayneco LLC, BMG Gold Songs o/b/o Shyla Viola Publishing, M Marie Music, and Wrecking Ball Music
Lyrics
Wake up young man, it's time to wake up
Your love affair has got to go, for ten long years
For ten long years, the leaves to rake up
Slow suicide's no way to go, oh
Blue clouded gray, you're not a crack up
Dizzy and weakened by the haze
Movin' onward
So an infection, not a phase, yeah-oh
The cracks and lines, from where you gave up
They make an easy man to read, oh-oh oh-oh
For all the times you let them bleed you
For a little peace from God you plead, and beg
For a little peace from God you plead
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh, yeah-oh
(Solo)
Wake up young man
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Oh-yeah
Wake up young man, it's time to wake up
Your love affair has got to go-yeah, for ten long years
For ten long years, the leaves the rake up
Slow suicide's no way to go-oh, oh-oh
Slow suicide's no way to go
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up, wake up