From the recording Dreams and Illusions
WAKE ME UP WHEN IT’S OVER
©Ruby Bird & Billy Carl Mancini, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Ruby: vocals, organ, melodica, shaker, cabasa, Dominican guiro, glass, plastic tube
Billy: vocals, guitars, dehumidifier, African cowbell, finger cymbals, triangle
Joel White: bass
Joe Jaworski: cajon, cabasa, door keys
Lyrics
WAKE ME UP WHEN IT’S OVER
©Ruby Bird & Billy Carl Mancini, Bonk Zone Music ASCAP
Running to a subway line, got to get to work on time
Tonight another meeting, and it's sure to get the best of me
See her when I brush my teeth
Off to work and maybe we can get together later
And then maybe find some time to sleep
Wake me up when it's over, I'll be around here
Hope I'm still gonna know her, I'll be around here
Carburetor's clogged again, gotta have it in by ten
Lunch with an important personality, so called, they say
Dishes they are piling high, nothing clean to wear in sight
At least we've got no time to fight, so everything must be ok
Chorus
Do 'n do do...do 'n do do do do (repeat)
Music dancing in my head, lazy afternoon in bed
Whipped cream in my coffee, then a walk through fallen leaves of gold
Stop your dreaming now let's go, that was oh so long ago
I've been told the way is up, and time is tight and we're getting old
Chorus +
Round here, round here, I'll be around here....
Do 'n do do...do 'n do do do do