[Intro]
When my time finally comes, I'll be ready
When my day is done, I'll be ready
When the night darks the sun, I'll be ready
Oh Lord, ready to go home
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh (Yeah, yeah)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh (Yeah, yeah)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh (Yeah, yeah)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
[Interlude]
Woo
Hey, hey
Come on, woo, come on now
Hey, hey
Alright
[Verse 1]
When my time finally comes, I'll be ready
When my day is done, I'll be ready (That's right)
When the night darks the sun, I'll be ready (Uh-huh)
Oh Lord, ready to go home (I'm ready)
In seasons of waste, I'll be ready (Oh)
When I'm tired of the chase, I'll be ready (I'll be ready)
From here to the void, I am ready (Oh)
Oh Lord (Oh Lord), ready to go home (Ready)
Oh Lord, ready to go home (Oh Lord)
[Chorus]
(I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh)
Don't you know don't you know? (Yeah, yeah)
(I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready)
There's a kingdom inside (Yeah, yeah)
(I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh)
Everyone and everything is holy (Yeah, yeah)
(I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready)
Like the light that shines from your eyes
[Verse 2]
In warm summer rains, I'll be ready (I'll be ready)
In body and soul, I'll be ready (I'll be ready)
When the last post is called, I'll be ready (I'll be ready)
Oh Lord, ready to go home (Oh)
When my cavalry's charged, I'll be ready (I'll be ready)
When the valley is dark, I'll be ready
Like the 11th Hussars, I am ready (Oh)
Oh Lord, ready to go home
Oh Lord, ready to go home
[Interlude]
Sing it
Come on now, woo
[Bridge]
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh (Yeah, yeah) (I'm ready)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah) (I'm ready)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh (Yeah, yeah) (I'm ready)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready, oh (Yeah, yeah) (I'm ready)
[Chorus]
Don't you know don't you know?
There's a kingdom inside (Inside)
Everyone and everything is holy
Like the light that shines from your eyes
[Verse 3]
Where no one is shamed, I'm ready (Oh, I'm ready)
And no one is blamed, I'm ready (I'm ready, oh)
I'm so tired of the game, I'm so ready (I'm ready, ready)
Oh Lord (Oh Lord), ready to go home (Oh)
Oh Lord, ready to go home
Oh Lord, ready to go home
Oh Lord, ready to go home
[Bridge]
Oh Lord
I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Oh Lord
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Oh Lord
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Oh Lord
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah) (I'm ready)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah) (I'm ready)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Oh Lord
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Ready to go home
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Ready to go home
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Ready to go home (I'm ready)
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Ready to go home
I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready (Yeah, yeah)
Ready to go home (Ready to go home)
[Outro]
Yeah, yeah
Oh, woah
Hey
Ready, ooh
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ready to Go Home was written by Bobby Gillespie & David Holmes & Andrew Innes.
Ready to Go Home was produced by David Holmes.
Primal-scream released Ready to Go Home on Tue Sep 24 2024.
Bobby Gillespie:
After I wrote it, I sang it to my dad the night before he died. It was just me and him in the hospital. His body had given up. I think, when you get old and tired and your body just goes, ‘I’ve had enough. Time to go.’ I was trying to write about that feeling, I don’t know why — ma...