JOSH RITTER LYRICS
album: "Sermon On The Rocks" (2015)
Getting Ready To Get Down
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
Pastor got a look and said, "Ya'll had better hurry"
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
And now you come back sayin' you know a little bit about
Everything they ever seemed to hope you'd never figure out
Eve ate the apple 'cause the apple was sweet
What kinda god would ever keep a girl
From getting what she needs?
And I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Now people cross the street when you walk in their direction
Talk between their teeth throwin' epithets
And the doctor thinks a devil musta got you by your senses
But to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession
Four long years studyin' the Bible
Infidels, jezebels, salomes, and delilahs
Back off the bus in your own home town
Sayin' you didn't like me then probably won't like me now
But I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
The men of the country club
The ladies of the 'xilliary
Talkin' 'bout love
Like it's apple pie and libery
To really be a saint
You gotta really be a virgin
Dry as a page of the
King James Version
No ohh la la's, no oh yesses yesses
No I can't waits I got to see you againses
Turn your other cheek and take no chances
Jesus hates your high school dances
They said your soul needed savin' so they sent you off to bible school
But you know a little more than they were sure was in the golden rule
Be good to everybody, be a strength to the weak
A joy to the joyful, the laughter in the grief
And give your love freely to whoever that you please
Don't let nobody tell you 'bout who you oughta be
And when you get damned in the popular opinion
It's just another damn of the damns you're not giving
I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Mama got a look at you and got a little worried
Papa got a look at you and got a little worried
Pastor got a look and said, "Ya'll had better hurry"
Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri
And now you come back sayin' you know a little bit about
Everything they ever seemed to hope you'd never figure out
The Red Sea, the Dead Sea, the Sermon on the Mount
If you wanna see a miracle watch me get down
Cause I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Where The Night Goes
Heard the word from Brenda Lee
You were coming home she said
Cross my heart I could not believe it
Holy hell you could have struck me dead (but)
Three cheers for the grapevine (what)
Told me you were coming home
Let’s see where the night takes us
Let’s see where the night goes
I admit it’s been slow going
You pay your bills and still they own yo
You know the way with best laid plans
Til this is me and that’s who I am (now)
I make the rounds and pay my dues
Meet up with friends and I dream about you
It isn’t much but it’s still a lot
Sometimes honey I still get lost
In those long nights, old cars
Backroads and the boneyards
You dropped the pedal like a holy roller
Sheriff of hell couldn’t pull you over
Tough girl from the bad town
Brought up not to stay down
Sweet tea, white lightning
Breaking hearts and not minding
Come on in it’s so good to see ya
It’s been so long I know I know I…
Let’s see where the night takes us
Let’s see where the night goes…
Last I saw you was a’greyhound waiting
You said don’t be sad and don’t be blue
LA is not the destination
Still I believe that I must pass through
I saw your face from a time to time
Now you’re coming home
Let’s see where the night takes us
Let’s see where the night goes…
[?] I only know the way I’m feelin’
Only the living go to the graveyard grieving
Still we’re alive and you’re astounding
Feel the pulse of the world pounding
Feel the pull of the American diverse
The mountains the rivers, the fields at harvest
It’s all we have and that’s a lot
Come on honey let’s get lost
In the long nights, old cars
Backroads and the boneyards
You dropped the pedal like a holy roller
Sheriff of hell couldn’t pull you over
Tough girl from the bad town
Brought up not to stay down
Sweet tea, white lightning
Breaking hearts and not minding
Come on in it’s so good to see ya
It’s been so long I know I know I…
Let’s see where the night takes us
Let’s see where the night goes…
In the long nights, old cars
Backroads and the boneyards
You dropped the pedal like a holy roller
Sheriff of hell couldn’t pull you over
Tough girl from the bad town
Brought up not to stay down
Sweet tea, white lightning
Breaking hearts and not minding
Come on in it’s so good to see ya
It’s been so long I know I know I…
Let’s see where the night takes us
Let’s see where the night goes…
A long night,
The old car
The backroads
And the boneyards
