by Willie Dixon
recording of 1979
from Better Than the Rest (1974) (MCA LP 3091) & Born To Be Bad (EMI E2-46973) & Let's Work Together Live (EMI 31948 or EMI 3718), copyright notice

I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
Now I'm ready for you,
I hope you're ready for me

I got an axe-hounds face made on a graveyard frame,
shootin' tombstone bullets, wearin' ball and chain
I'm drinkin' TNT, smokin' dynamite,
I hope some screwball start a fight

I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
Now I'm ready for you,
I hope you're ready for me

All you pretty little chicks with your pretty little hair,
I know you think that I ain't nowhere
But stop what your doin' an' look over here,
I'll prove to ya, baby, that I ain't no square

I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
Now I'm ready for you,
I hope you're ready for me

I been drinkin' gin like never before,
I feel so good, babe, I want you to know
One more drink, and I wish you would,
I takes a whole lotta lovin' to make me feel good, cause

I'm ready, ready as anybody can be
Now I'm ready for you,
I hope you're ready for me