Death & The Beautiful Lady Lyrics

Your time has come

Are you ready

Are you ready

Are you ready

Are you ready to go

Oh yeah

My mind is going back

To a story a Baptist preacher told me

About death and a beautiful lady

He said there was a lady

Who was so beautiful

That everybody around town loved her

And people would come from miles around

To see her dance

People loved her so well

That she didn't even have to lock her door

People have to love you

If you don't have to lock your door

But one day while she was sitting down

In her powder room

Looking in the mirror

She began to brag

She said my I'm pretty

And while she was sitting there

Admiring her beauty

Somebody walked up

And knocked on her door

She said come on in

Whoever you are

And when the man walked in

It was a tall man

With a long cold face

And she looked at him

She said who are you

He said my name is death

And she began to cry

She said oh I'm not ready

I'm not ready

She kept on crying

She kept crying

She said I'm not ready

I don't have my business fixed

I'm not ready

Death looked at her with a smile

He said come down lady

I didn't come for you

He said I was in the neighborhood

I got old Bob that lived next door to you

That man had been sick a long time

He said but I heard so much about you

That I thought I would drop in to see you

And he looked at her

He said my lady you're pretty

She said I know it

He said everybody loves you

She said I know that too

Then death said

Well did you know one day

One day

One day

I'm gonna come back for you

She said just give me a warning

Just let me know

And then death went on his way

Way after while by and by

Father Time

Began to move in

And destroy what mother nature had created

She had to go downtown

And get some makeup

To go in the wrinkles on her face

She had to go downtown

And get some eyeglasses

She had to get some dye to go in her hair

Pray to God almighty

Then after a while

Way by and by

She began to sit down again

And look at herself

She laughed

She said I'm still pretty

I done got old now

The eyeglasses they become

The makeup

They cover the wrinkles in my face

But while she was sitting there

Somebody walked up

And knocked on her door

I heard her when she said

Come on in whoever you are

And when he walked on the inside

It was death

She said mm death

You must have been in the neighborhood

And decided to drop by to see me

He said oh no

I come for you

She began to plead with him

She said but you told me death

You were gonna let me know

Before you come back

Death began to count

And he said do you remember the time

When your eyesight got dim

Do you remember when your teeth began to decay

You had to get some false teeth

He said do you remember when you had to get some dye

To go in your hair

That was me

You know I was on my way

I was on my way

I was on my way back for you

I began to see death in my mind

As he began to talk to her

He said your time has come

Your time has come

Lady you got to leave here

He began to talk to her real soft

He said lady are you ready

Are you ready

Oh yeah

Are you ready

Are you ready

He kept on talking to her

He said lady are you ready

Are you ready

And I think about that thing right now

It make me want to ask you a person out there

Are you ready

How many of you out there

Death done already give a warning

Are you ready

How many of y'all got false teeth

How many of y'all got dye in your hair

How many of y'all got glasses off your face

How many of y'all have to have to cry all night long

Sometimes can't sleep at night

Are you ready

Don't you know that's death

Lady you know he's on his way back

He's on his way back

I want to ask you a question

Are you ready

To go

Oh yeah