Lyrics

Mr. Wide-Awake
Drives a big old Chevrolet
I hear the music pumpin? through it every night

And the beat I hear it gets me out of bed (next thing I know)
I?m up and dancing on my feet (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And even if this whole world falls apart-I?d never know,
I?ll just keep dancin? to the beat.

And everyday I think of something good to say,
?Cause people think that I?m the dullest boy alive

And the beat I hear it gets me out of bed (next thing I know)
I?m up and dancing on my feet (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And even if this whole world falls apart-I?d never know,
I?ll just keep dancin? to the beat.

As an unnamed fear resides in my soul, body, and mind
An island sold for a song, now has the opening page of its news display,
The yearbook picture of a man who was shot dead.

Have you heard about the man who was shot dead (who no one loved)
Gunned down while walking up the street? (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And no one even thought to call the cops, they let him choke
And just kept dancing to the beat as they listened to a band that no one?s heard
(who no one loved)
(They won?t play their song on MTV),
cause the singer thinks the world?s falling apart,
What does he know?
and like a lunatic he screams:
?Have you heard about the man who was shot dead (who no one loved)?
Just a casualty of our own apathy
Another symbol of a world falling apart,
?Have you heard about the man who was shot dead?
Have you heard about the man who was shot dead? (who no one loved)
Just a casualty of our own apathy,
Just a signal that the world?s falling apart,
It?s just a signal that the world?s falling apart (no need to worry)
Just a signal that the world?s falling apart,
Singing Na na na na, La la la la la la la la la la