Wake Up Time (track)
by Tom Petty
Wake Up Time appears on the following album(s) by Tom Petty:
- Wildflowers (track #15) (this album) (1994)
- Finding Wildflowers (Alternate Versions) (track #15) (2021)
- Wildflowers & All The Rest (track #15) (2020)
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| ! | 3 days ago | Exist-en-ciel | 177,572 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 01:43 |  imacgill | 33,762 | 81/100 |
| ! | 03/08/2026 13:11 | Musicbuff123 | 774 | 70/100 |
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buzzdainer TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/05/2017 16:51 | #195577
The lyrics to "Wake Up Time" work on multiple levels. There's the literal waking up in the morning, of course. But then there's the sense we all get from time to time when we awaken from the sleepwalking we do most of the time, into a world in which our reality sharpens and we see again as though for the first time. That's what I think this song is about.
