Josh Ritter - Getting Ready to Get Down lyrics

Mama got a look at you
And got a little worried
Papa got a look at you
And got a little worried
The pastor got a look and said
"Y'all had better hurry
Send her off to a little
Bible college in Missouri"

And now you come back
Saying you know a little bit about
Every little thing they ever hoped
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
And throwin' epithets
And the doctor thinks the devil must've
Got you by your senses
But to live the way you please
Doesn't sound like possession

It's four long years studying the Bible
Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes and Delilahs
Back off the bus in your own hometown
Say "you didn't like me then
You probably won't like me now"

But, I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down

All the men of the country club
The Ladies in the 'xiliary
Talk about love like it's
Apple pie and liberty to really be a saint
You gotta really be a virgin
Dry as a page of the King James version

No "ooh la la's, " no "oh, hell yeses"
No "I can't wait's, I gotta see you againses"
Just turn the other cheek, take no chances
Jesus hates your high school dances

Said your soul needed saving
So they sent you off to Bible school
You learned a little more than they had
Heard was in the Golden Rule
Be good to everybody
Be a strength to the weak
Be a joy to the joyful
Be 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

And 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
The pastor got a look and said
"Y'all had better hurry
Send her off to a little
Bible college in Missouri"

And now, you come back
Saying you know a little bit about
Every little thing they ever hoped
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

And I'm getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down ah, I, I'm
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down
Getting ready to get down