Let's Be Ready Lyrics

Well, someplace over yonder
Waits that true love of mine.
And everybody here
Knows everybody here,
And that suits me just fine.

Till one night, she dreamt of Memphis.
She's got Memphis on her mind.
And it's all that I can do to stop her,
But that just don't seem right.

Oh, and day by day, I watched her
As she slipped away from me.
How could I compete with another man
Who has a name like Tennessee?

Oh, so lover, take these arms
And build us a boat.
You know, half the time,
I think I'd rather not know.
So, Sarah, baby, let's be ready,
'Cause when it all comes down,
It's gonna get heavy.
So if Memphis opens his arms,
It's best that you go.

Oftentimes, I wonder
What she must thing of me.
I'm riding on the wind;
On the shoulders of the kin,
Like some drunken, fucked up dream.

So lover, take these arms
And build me a boat.
You know, half the time,
I think I'd rather not know.
So, Sarah, baby, let's be ready,
'Cause when it all comes down,
You know it's gonna be heavy.
Oh, if Memphis has that I don't,
I may never know.