Bonnie Raitt

[fox69]

"You Got To Be Ready For Love (If You Wanna Be Mine)"

"You Got To Be Ready For Love (If You Wanna Be Mine)"


You got to be ready
You got to be ready, yeah

This woman don't like no nonsense
I like lovin' every day
And I don't like to find no evidence, no
To proove you're giving my love away
What more can I say

Except you got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine (ready baby)
You got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine
You got to be ready
You got to be ready

This woman don't do no handpickin'
And I don't think one look is a fellony
And I don't appreciate no rubberneckin', no
'Bout a man, when he's with me
Out in the street

Except you got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine (be ready baby)
I said you got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine
You got to be ready
You got to be ready

Ready for love
Ready for love
Got to be ready for love

You got to be ready
You got to be ready
You got to be ready
You got to be ready, yeah

You got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine
You got to be ready for love
If you wanna be mine (be ready baby)

Can't be a cold lover
Just like my old lover
If you wanna be mine
You got to get ready
You got to stay ready
If you wanna be mine (be ready baby)

 

[fox69]

"You Got To Know How"

"You Got To Know How"


You can make me do what you wanna do
But you got to know how,
You can make me cry, you can make me sigh,
But you got to know how,
You can make me do like this, you can make me do like that,
Woh, baby, but you got to know how.

Once a pal of mine stole a guy of mine,
But I got him back, now,
It's the same old song, she couldn't keep him long,
'Cause she didn't know how.
Well, I love my man, I make him holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, I really know how.

Technique ain't tough, if you care enough,
You can learn to know how,
I might drop a hint how to strike my flint
If you yearn to know how,
Well, don't tell me about the life you led,
Don't try to drink me into bed,
No, baby, no, that ain't the way how.

You got to take your time, you know it ain't no crime
If it lasts all night.
I think you'll be ideal when you begin to feel
That you're doin' right.

When you love me right, you hear me holler,
Woh, my,
Yessir, when you really know how.

[Instrumental break]

And if you stay with me, who knows how it will be
When we finally know how,
We'll get a house in town, no need to move around
When we really know how,
Well, there's tricks that I don't even know,
Ones we'll make up as we go.
Woh, mister, when we really know how.
Yes, mister, when we really know how.

 

[fox69]

"You Told Me Baby"

"You Told Me Baby"


Told me baby,
You were just too tired to try,
There was nothing left for you to give
And no more tears to cry.

I know she hurt you,
But you know I've been hurt too.
You just come to me, we'll see
What a love can do.

Told me baby,
I was still too young to know,
All the ways that love was going to drag you down,
And just how low I'd go.

In love and time between us,
Makes no difference at all.
You know, You're as desperate to get back up,
As I am not to fall.

Oh, baby, I've been looking for a man like you. . .
Oh, darling,
After all we've been through
There's no one left to fool;
Nothing left for us to do,
Except me and you.

[Instrumental break]

Told me baby,
To find somebody new.
Do you really think that I'd come this far,
Just to lose a man like you?

You know you've got to take a chance,
If only you will stay.
And if you've got the time baby, I've got the love,
We might just find a way [4x]

 

[fox69]

"You're Gonna Get What's Coming"

"You're Gonna Get What's Coming"


You came up on me like a landslide
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it
I've got a Thunderbird parked right outside
Give me a minute to finish this thing and we'll light it

In all this heat it's a job keepin' cool
And I could fry an egg on you

You came up on me like a landslide
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it

[Chorus:]
You're gonna get what's comin'
You been asking for it two days running
You're gonna get what's comin'
You're gonna get what's comin' to you

I hope that you're half as intrepid as you make out
Often or not, but you never got what you asked for
Keep on pouring until you hear me shout
And turn up the sound if you want me to drive any faster

Caution went out when you walked in the room
If it never came back it would be too soon.

[Chorus]

You came upon me like a landslide,
Once in a while I get taken like that and I like it

[Chorus]

 

[fox69]

"You've Been In Love Too Long"

"You've Been In Love Too Long"


Girls, you've been in love too long
I said girls, you've been in love too long
When just his smile takes all your pain away
And you find yourself believin' whatever he may say
Now when he gets you cryin'
But your heart tells you Girl keep right on tryin'
You know Girls, you've been in love too long

[Chorus:] You're a fool for your baby
[Bonnie:] Girls, you've been in love too long
[Chorus:] You're a fool for your baby

When you accepted wrongs, just to share his kiss
Even your lonely nights, you know they're filled with happiness
You know Girl you're in trouble
You know your... heart is seein' double

Cuz when you're head tells you to run
But your heart tells you "Girl he's the only one.."
You know you have:been in love too long

Cuz when a week of loneliness can be erased with just one sweet caress
Girl... You've been in love too long
When his wrong looks right though he always treats you bad
You find little excuses for all the sadness and abuses

 

[fox69]

"You've Changed My Mind"

"You've Changed My Mind"


I'd hidden away
The pains of the day
And the strain of my eyes to see
The grain of my skin
At the start of the end
Of all I once thought I could be

The page has been bent
Like an ear, and I've spent
Too much just to straighten a line
But you've waited as still
As the stone of my will
And I know you've changed my mind
And I know you've changed my mind

The beast in this room
Paces and moons
He's restless and needs to be fed
He moves in for keeps
At the first sign of sleep
He groans and he nuzzles my head

I gave nearly all
To building the wall
That could hide me forever behind
But now even my doubt
Seems to know a way out
And I know you've changed my mind
And I know you've changed my mind

How little I knew
Tree that I grew
Was not just to root me down
Might stand to wave
When the passing of days
Begged for a view off the ground

My faith had grown cold
And all I'd been told
Convinced me that just comes with time
But a page has been turned
Some old fears unlearned
And I know you've changed my mind
And I know you've changed my mind

 

[fox69]

"Your Good Thing (Is About To End)"

"Your Good Thing (Is About To End)"


I don't have to beg you to hold me
'Cause somebody else will
You don't have to love me when I want it, no
'Cause somebody else will

Some kind friends say you don't need it
When all the time they're tryin' to get it
Look out, your good thing
Is about to come to an end
Your real good thing
Is about to come to an end

All those nights I watched the four walls
I did not have to watch 'em all alone
When other men said they wanted me, baby
I didn't have to tell them I was
Your very own

You have all the love that I've got
Even ice melts to water and gets hot
Look out, your good thing
Is about to come to an end
Your real good thing
It's about to end

[Saxophone break]

Gettin' myself back together
Is gonna be a be problem I know
But when the right man says he wants me
Boy, you can bet I won't tell him no
'Cause your real good thing
Is about to come to an end
Your real, your good thing
Your good thing baby
Your good thing
Your good thing
Your good thing baby
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah