When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself I didn't know I was lost So wake me up when it's all over And I didn't know I was lost Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I can't tell where the journey will end

When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself, and I Didn't know I was lost I didn't know I was lost So wake me up when it's all over So wake me up when it's all over Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I

When I'm wiser and I'm older All this time I was finding myself, and I Didn't know I was lost I didn't know I was lost So wake me up when it's all over So wake me up when it's all over Feeling my way through the darkness Guided by a beating heart I

Yeah, you know I once was a gambler She said I didn't want you to gamble, Lightnin' But I lost my money roll Boy, but I lost my money roll That's the reason I don't have no sweet woman Now I done lost my happy home You take it down when you lose that no

While, while they kept on playing I remember, yeah, that night I lost my baby, my sweet baby I was dancing with my baby To that Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened Happened to see Well I didn't know I was going to see him I introduced him to my