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 Pastor got a look and said, ya'll had better hurry Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri And now you come back sayin' 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 throwin' epithets And the doctor thinks a devil musta got you by your senses But to live the way you please doesn't sound like possession It's four long years studyin' the Bible Infidels, Jezebels, Salomes, and Delilahs Back off the bus in your own home town Say you didn't like me then 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 of the 'xilliary Talkin' 'bout love like it's apple pie and libery To really be a saint, you gotta really be a virgin Dry as a page of the King James Version No "ohh la la"s, no "oh, yes"s No "I can't wait"s "I gotta see you again"ses 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 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 Pastor got a look and said, ya'll had better hurry Send her off to a little bible college in Missouri And now you come back sayin' 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 I'm getting ready to get down Getting ready to get down Getting ready to get down