RIP VAN WINKLE GONNA SLEEP FOREVER /
GONNA SLEEP HIS LIFE AWAY /
RIP VAN WINKLE DON'T KNOW THE SAVIOR /
GONNA SLEEP THROUGH JUDGMENT DAY /
Open up your eyes, wake up and smell the napalm /
The sky is filled with smoke and you're covered up in ash /
The dead are all around you and the saints have gone to Glory /
But you fell asleep and now you're all alone /
You wander through the rubble looking for a sign of life /
You're hoping that just maybe you will run across your wife /
Your children or your neighbors, but they're either dead or gone /
Then you come across some pages that are scattered 'cross the lawn /
You start to read one of them thinking maybe it's a clue /
But it's just from a Bible that had once belonged to you /
One time you'd been a Christian, or maybe so you thought /
But later in your life you decided you were not /
You were nice to your neighbor, you were good to your wife /
But a God you could not see or hear was sure not worth your life /
You thought He was a legend, Jesus Christ was just a fake /
But now you look around and wonder why you weren't awake /
REPEAT CHORUS
So many people think that Jesus Christ is make-believe /
They only trust the things that they can touch or hear or see /
But just because you don't believe don't mean that it's not there /
And when your life and soul's at stake, you'd better just beware /
So if you're Rip Van Winkle, thinking that you've got it made /
Just give your heart to Jesus and WAKE UP!!! before it's too late /
REPEAT CHORUS
