Not Ready Yet

Intro

Oh-oh-oh

Yeah

Well listen

Verse 1

Spilling out of the velvet taxi

Skinny boots hitting the gutter slime

Staring down the barrel of another long Monday morning

Got a pocket full of trouble and I'm feeling just fine

Pre-Chorus

Ain't got no schedule

Ain't got no plan

Lord

Ain't got no mercy in these shaking hands

Chorus

Don't put me in a rocker by the TV set

No

Don't write me off with a widow's regret

I'm not ready for the rest home yet

No

I'm not ready for the rest home yet

Verse 2

Staggering through the kitchen at half-past three

Ice cubes rattling like a jailer's key

Watching the sunlight crawl up the dusty window screen

Thinking 'bout the wilder things that I haven't even seen

Pre-Chorus

Give me some rhythm

Give me some wine

Look

Give me a reason just to cross that line

Chorus

Don't put me in a rocker by the TV set

No

Don't write me off with a widow's regret

I'm not ready for the rest home yet

No

I'm not ready for the rest home yet

Bridge

They want to tuck me in

They want to shut me out

Try to keep it quiet when I need to shout

Shut the curtains

Lock the door

Throw the carpet out and dance on the hardwood floor

Chorus

Don't put me in a rocker by the TV set

No

Don't write me off with a widow's regret

I'm not ready for the rest home yet

No

I'm not ready for the rest home yet

Post-Chorus

Not yet

(Not yet)

Oh I'm still moving

(Not yet)

Honey I'm still breathing

(Not yet)

I'm not ready for the rest home yet