Wake The Dead - John Schlitt

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Take up the call and carry His commission

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Don’t be content and just walk away

Wake up!

There’s a job to be done

You’ve got a calling that you haven’t begun

For too long you’ve been coasting along

You think salvation is the end of it all

(The fields are ready but the workers few)

You’re not heeding the call

(It's time the body starts to shout the news)

And wake the world up to God’s invitation

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Take up the call and carry His commission

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Don’t be content and just walk away

There’s too much to do to just walk away

Darkness blinds a new generation

Searching for its place

Banished by their own choice of living

From His shining grace

(But even with such hardened hearts)

God cares that they will be found

(He had a plan right from the start)

To break their chains by His testimony

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Don’t be complacent with your own salvation

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Got to lead the lost searching for their way

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Take up the call and carry His commission

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Don’t be content and just walk away

There’s too much to do to just walk away

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Don’t be complacent with your own salvation

Wake the dead, wake the dead

Got to lead the lost searching for their way