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Im Getting Ready To Go

Biography:

Michael Hurley is an American singer/guitarist, reportedly born December 20, 1941. He also plays the fiddle.

Hurley's debut album, First Songs, was recorded for Folkways Records in 1965 on the same reel-to-reel machine that taped Leadbelly's Last Sessions. He was "discovered" by blues and jazz historian Frederick Ramsey III, and subsequently championed by boyhood friend Jesse Colin Young, who released his 2nd & 3rd albums on The Youngbloods' Warner Bros.

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[Verse 1]
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I had a dream the other day
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(I'm gettin' ready togo)
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The Devil come an' he took me away
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(I'm gettin' ready to go)
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I'd always heard that place was hot,
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So I asked him if it was or not
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Well he wouldn't say "yes" or "no" or what,
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I'm gettin' ready to go.

[Chorus]
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Sweet Home
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Love I'll have in Heaven
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Sweet Home
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Hear me moanin, Lo'
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Sweet Home
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Love I'll have in Heaven
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Hold the gates wide open
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Cause I'm gettin' ready to go!

[Verse 2]
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Took me down to old Hades
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(I'm gettin' ready to go)
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I fell in brimstone up to my knees
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(I'm gettin' ready to go)
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Well, y'oughta seen them little devils prance,
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But I showed them a brand new dance
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When a pitchfork jabbed me right in the pants!
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I'm gettin' ready to go!

[Chorus]
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Sweet Home
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Love I'll have in Heaven
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Sweet Home
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Hear me moanin, Lo'
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Sweet Home
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Love I'll have in Heaven
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Hold the gates wide open
G C
Cause I'm gettin' ready to go!

[Verse 3]
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I asked when I'd get out again
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(I'm gettin' ready to go)
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He looked at me with a devilish grin
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(I'm gettin' ready to go)
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Now the way he laughed, I thought I'd croak
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He said, "Now I'll tell you a joke:
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When you go up, you'll go in smoke!"
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I'm gettin' ready to go!

[Chorus]
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Sweet Home
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Love I'll have in Heaven
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Sweet Home
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Hear me moanin, Lo'
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Sweet Home
C F C
Love I'll have in Heaven
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Hold the gates wide open
G C
Cause I'm gettin' ready to go!

[Verse 4]
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Well, Lord, that awful dream I had
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(I'm gettin' ready to go!)
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It left me feelin' mighty bad
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(I'm gettin' ready to go!)
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Well I got my Bible and a mouthful of cheese,
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And fell right down on my bended knees.
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I got more religion than a dog's got fleas.
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I'm gettin' ready to go

[Chorus]
C
Sweet Home
C
Love I'll have in Heaven
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Sweet Home
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Hear me moanin, Lo'
C
Sweet Home
C F C
Love I'll have in Heaven
C
Hold the gates wide open
G C
Cause I'm gettin' ready to go!