When I was a boy I used to sing
E-I-E-I, Oli, Oli, Oxen Free, where'd everybody go?
We'd run and find a place to hide not wanting to be found
Every time we'd run away these words would resound
"Ready or not, here I come"
And we'd find a place to run
"Ready or not, here I come"
And the game had just begun
When I was a child I used to hear the teachers say
"Will you ever grow up, and put childish things away?"
As I grew older I learned if I would pray
I would hear another voice and this is what He'd say
"Ready or not, here I come"
It was the voice of God's own Son
"Ready or not, here I come"
And there's no place you can run
He's coming as a thief, a thief in the night
All that is hidden, will come to light
For the day of the Lord will be feared
So harken to His word and draw near... I will draw near
Ready or not, here He comes
Every eye will see God's Son
Ready or not, here He comes
There'll be no place you can run
