Waking up
(written by Michael Murphy)
(Esther Ofarim,
LP version, 1972 (with strings
arrangement))
(read lyrics of the single version
here)
see video of a 1972's
live perfomance:
Is that the morning light I see,
shining in on me,
must be waking up.
It's been so long
since I've seen daybreak,
I must be awake
again.
I don't wanna sleep through my whole life,
don't want to lose my soul in the night.
Just want to sing to the morning light,
I must be waking up.
The nightbird sings
and shows his scarlet wings,
he is waking up,
hear him waking up!
Every day he's got a brand new prayer to sing,
when he's waking up the day.
He don't wanna sleep through his whole life,
doesn't want to lose his soul in the night.
Just wanna sing through the morning light,
he must be waking up.
Is that the morning light I see,
shining in on me,
I know we must be waking up.
It's been so long
since this old world's seen daybreak,
we must be awake
this time.
We don't wanna sleep through our whole life,
we don't wanna lose this world in the night.
We just need to work 'till we get this world right,
we're waking up.
See my video of "Waking up", live in Cannes, Midem, 1973:
