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You Better Be Ready
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A new quartet with an old Gospel feel.
acoustic folk alternative
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Acoustic, folk, adult alternative with a touch of alternative country.
In my other life I'm a futures speculator. Since there is plenty of downtime in the business, I sing, play, and write, so I don't obsess about the markets. My music tends to be pensive. That's no doubt influenced by the fact that my instrument of choice is a classic acoustic guitar.
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Genre
Pop • Afro Pop
Charts
#18,865 today Peak #203
#932 in subgenre Peak #18
Author
James E. Nelson
Rights
2003
Uploaded
January 06, 2004
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MP3 4.2 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Written for the Porch Swing Sisters (a trio). I rearranged it as a quartet for this cover.
Lyrics
Chorus: Oh you better be ready, when the angels come around. Oh you better be ready, when you hear that angel sound. Oh you better be ready, when it's time to be heaven bound, Oh you better be ready when he angels come around. 1. Gabriel came to Mary innocent and mild. He told her she was chosen to bear that holy child. This troubled Mary deeply. She did not understand. But she said that she was ready to follow God's command. Chorus: 2. The shepherds were out watching their sheep one silent night. When the heavens tore wide open. It gave them quite a fright. But the angels said, "Be happy!" for unto you is born God's holy child. They left their sheep and ran off in-to town. Chorus: 3. Paul and Silas waited behind the prison bars. The jailers had them shackled because he was in charge. But an angel opened everything; the jailer cried in fear. So Paul told him, "Be ready!" when the angels come around here. Chorus: 4. When everything is over, and God calls his own home, an angel out of heaven will blow a mighty horn to tell us Love defeated sin and death and hate. Be certain you are ready before it is too late. Chorus:
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