Getting Ready To Get Down
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[00:16.09] Mama got a look at you
[00:18.74] And got a little worried
[00:19.55] Papa got a look at you
[00:20.88] And got a little worried
[00:21.93] Pastor got a look and said
[00:23.54] Ya'll had better hurry
[00:24.60] Send her off to
[00:25.39] A little bible college in Missouri
[00:26.65] And now you come back
[00:27.71] Sayin' you know a little bit about
[00:28.77] Every little thing
[00:29.83] They ever hoped you'd never figure out
[00:30.90] Eve ate the apple
[00:32.14] 'Cause the apple was sweet
[00:33.19] What kinda God would ever keep
[00:34.26] A girl from getting what she needs
[00:35.32] And I'm getting ready to get down
[00:39.03] Getting ready to get down
[00:41.17] Getting ready to get down
[00:43.28] Now people cross the street
[00:45.42] When you walk in their direction
[00:46.73] Talk between their teeth
[00:47.80] Throwin' epithets
[00:48.88] And the doctor thinks a devil
[00:49.93] Musta got you by your senses
[00:51.26] But to live the way you
[00:52.06] Please doesn't sound like possession
[00:53.37] It's four long years
[00:54.35] Studyin' the Bible
[00:55.68] Infidels, Jezebels
[00:57.01] Salomes, and Delilahs
[00:58.07] Back off the bus
[00:58.87] In your own home town
[00:59.93] Say you didn't like me then
[01:01.26] Probably won't like me now
[01:02.32] But I'm getting ready to get down
[01:05.77] Getting ready to get down
[01:08.16] Getting ready to get down
[01:10.56] All the men of the country club
[01:12.68] The ladies of the 'xilliary
[01:13.75] Talkin' 'bout love
[01:14.81] Like it's apple pie and libery
[01:15.86] To really be a saint
[01:17.20] You gotta really be a virgin
[01:18.18] Dry as a page
[01:19.25] Of the King James Version
[01:20.57] No "ohh la la"s, no "oh, yes"s
[01:22.70] No "I can't wait"s
[01:23.76] "I gotta see you again"ses
[01:24.83] Just turn the other cheek
[01:25.88] Take no chances
[01:27.21] Jesus hates
[01:28.01] Your high school dances
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[01:46.51] Said your soul needed saving
[01:48.30] So they sent you off to Bible school
[01:49.36] You learned a little more
[01:50.43] Than they had heard
[01:50.88] Was in the Golden Rule
[01:51.94] "Be good to everybody
[01:52.75] Be a strength to the weak
[01:53.80] Be a joy to the joyful
[01:55.13] Be the laughter in the grief"
[01:56.19] And give your love freely
[01:57.17] To whoever that you please
[01:58.49] Don't let nobody tell you
[01:59.55] 'Bout who you oughta be
[02:00.62] And when you get damned
[02:01.70] In the popular opinion
[02:02.74] It's just another damn
[02:03.81] Of the damns you're not giving
[02:05.06] I'm getting ready to get down
[02:08.78] Getting ready to get down
[02:10.90] Getting ready to get down
[02:13.03] Mama got a look at you
[02:15.15] And got a little worried
[02:16.21] Papa got a look at you
[02:17.54] And got a little worried
[02:18.87] Pastor got a look and said
[02:20.73] Ya'll had better hurry
[02:20.92] Send her off to a
[02:21.37] Little bible college in Missouri
[02:22.97] And now you come back
[02:23.69] Sayin' you know a little bit about
[02:25.28] Every little thing
[02:26.34] They ever hoped you'd never figure out
[02:27.67] The Red Sea, the Dead Sea
[02:28.73] The Sermon on the Mount
[02:29.79] If you wanna see a miracle
[02:30.87] Watch me get down
[02:31.84] And I'm getting ready to get down
[02:35.55] Getting ready to get down
[02:37.69] Getting ready to get down
[02:39.83] I'm getting ready to get down
[02:44.61] Getting ready to get down
[02:46.72] Getting ready to get down
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