INTRO: x2 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 And I'm Getting ready to get down Getting ready to get down Getting ready to get down Bridge All the men of the country club, the Ladies of '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-las," no "oh, hell yeses" No "I can't wait 'til I gotta see you agains's" Just turn the other cheek, take no chances Jesus hates your high school dances Instrumental BREAK: x2 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 to 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 (2x)
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