I Wasn't Ready For You

Didn't want to get up this morning
I had to beat myself out of bed
Didn't have all that much warning
I wasn't ready for the things you said
Well, yesterday you said you loved me
Now today you're not quite sure
Well, you sure know how to break a fella's heart
But then you come up with a cure

I wasn't ready, I wasn't ready, I wasn't ready
I wasn't ready for you

You're a flip-minded little floozy
You change your mind just like your clothes
If you don't like the way you're living now
You'll soon change it I suppose
Cause everybody knows that when
You're caught out in the rain
You're bound to get yourself wet sometimes
And I can say I won't complain
Cause I been underwater since the day that I was born
I couldn't tell no difference
I am not frightened nor forlorn

My old lady is from Memphis
The daughter of a gypsy queen
They say she saw the Lord one day
While sniffing gasoline
Her Pa he is a gambler
A man without a name
They say he never lived that much
He was too busy with the game
And me, I busted out of jail
Just last night you know
They dragged me in and locked me up
It was the 59th time in a row

I am busy with my life these days
I've got no time for fun
You see I thought too hard one day
And now I'm on the run
I run and run for days it seems
Laughing like an elf
If you ask me who I'm running from
I'll say I don't know myself

You've got to realize that I've
Not done the things I should
Why even just last Sunday
I went to Hollywood
I saw all the famous movie stars
From Gable to Garbo
I had a mind to stay out there
But my momma wouldn't let me go

So I did a little dreaming
I dreamed I was a
Two-bit drunk, a teenage punk
A dirty skunk, a whorehouse punk
A bride deflowerer, a man of the hour
A lonely envious angry loser
A wealthy healthy business boozer
A showman sheriff and deputy
Why everyone wanted to be like me
But I wasn't ready for you

I wasn't ready can't hold steady
You look too pretty
Queen of the city
Got no pity
I wasn't ready for you