Get me ready for a empty pocket, get me ready for the money,
The dirty bomb and the nuclear rocket, get me ready for milk and honey,
Get me ready for the tribulation, get me ready for the rapture,
For whatever evil situation, whatever good comes after.
Get me ready for it,
Get me ready for it,
Get me ready for it.
Get me ready for hate and love, for a devil or an angel,
For the vulture or the holy dove, for the banquet or the empty table,
For long life and an early grave, for the cross or for the bliss,
To be a free man or a shackled slave, for helping hands or the Judas kiss.
Get me ready for it,
Get me ready for it,
Get me ready for it.
Get me ready for the signs and wonders, for the absence and the silence,
For the sunshine or the rain and thunder; the age of peace or the times of violence,
For doubt and faith, for fear and hope, for the curses and the blessings,
Smooth sailing on a sinking boat, for the trials and the testings,
Get me ready for the broken hearted, the down-trodden, deaf, blind, dumb and lame,
For growing numbers of friends departed, for those who love you, those who curse your name,
Lord, get me ready to see your face or get me ready to face you,
For your justice, love and infinite grace, get me ready, (for it)
Get me ready, (for it)
Get me ready to embrace you.
