It’s time to make it better, it’s rude awakening time
   So write it in a letter and you can clear your mind
   You make me very happy, you make me very sad
   It’s time to make it better, the best I ever had
   It’s time to make it better, but nothing lasts for ever
   It’s rude awakening time
  
   So get moving and get yourself off my bed
   Well get moving and get yourself gone instead.
   You been away so long you can’t find your way home
   You’ve been using and wrapped yourself round your head
   You’re confusing everything that you said
   You been so far gone so gone so far so long
   You been gone so long so gone so far so long
  
   It’s time to make it better, it’s rude awakening time
   Well write it in a letter and you can clear your mind
   You make me very happy, you make me very sad
   It’s time to make it better, the best I ever had
   It’s time to make it better, but nothing lasts for ever
   It’s rude awakening time
  
   And just maybe you oughta think twice ahead.
   It’s been a long, long time since you’ve been close to home
  
   It’s time to make it better, it’s rude awakening time
   Well write it in a letter and you can clear your mind
   You make me very happy, you make me very sad
   It’s time to make it better, the best I ever had
   It’s time to make it better, and nothing lasts for ever
   It’s rude awakening time
  
   You’ve been rollin’ and rockin’ it another way
   You’ve been slowly giving up day by day
   You been so far gone so gone so far so long
   You been gone so long so gone so far so long