Ready When It Comes

Intro: She wakes up some days life is cruel She's on a chain gang sittin' in a typing pool And Her brain feels all dragged down The gossip flies, the coffee's stale She wants to run outside and scream like hell 'Til it turns Her luck around Doesn't matter how insane it gets She's got one dream and Her sights set, She says - I'm just waitin' for it I'm just makin' sure that My heart's steady as a drum Brighter days are dawnin' My faith's holding strong, 'n' - I'll be ready when it comes He drives around the block a thousand times He can't go home 'til He clears his mind And His supper's cold by now The doctor's words crash through His ears About a treatment plan and a lot of years He will live to see somehow He gathers all His friends and family He says, wrap Your lovin' arms around Me I know I can do this Love will get Me through this, My heart's steady as a drum Brighter days are dawnin' My faith's holding strong, 'n' - 'n' I'll be ready when it comes (when it comes) One light shinin' that is brighter than the sun (when it comes) Way down deep inside the heart of Everyone (when it comes) I reach past My troubles for the strength to carry on (when it comes) And find that what I need was right there all along | | | | I'm just waitin' for it I'm just makin' sure that My heart's steady as a drum Brighter days are dawnin' My faith's holding strong, I'll be ready when it comes Yes, I will- Gonna be ready now Yeah, I'm gonna be ready now When it comes, when it comes My faith is holding strong... Brighter days are dawnin' My faith is holding strong, 'n' I'm gonna be ready when it comes..