Wake Up

This song, together with "River of Deceit", started the project Mad Season. Mike McCready met bassist John Baker Saunders while they were both in rehabilitation in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They wrote this song in 1994 in Seattle, Washington, and there they met Barret Martin. McCready then brought in friend and Alice in Chains frontman Layne Staley to round out the line-up. Layne's friend had hoped that being around sober musicians would push Staley to get himself sober. Unfortunately, that did not work. Layne Staley died later in 2002 of wasting from heroin addiction. * Barrett Martin – drums * Mike McCready – guitar * John Baker Saunders – bass * Layne Staley – vocals, guitar (1994–1997)

[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 2] 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 [Break] [Verse 3] 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 [Guitar Solo] [Bridge] Wake up young man Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up Oh-yeah [Verse 1] 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 to rake up Slow suicide's no way to go-oh, oh-oh Slow suicide's no way to go [Outro] Wake up, wake up, wake up Wake up, wake up, wake up