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The Music: Related Releases: Lou Gramm Releases: "Ready Or Not"04.18.01

Ready Or Not 1. "Ready Or Not"
2. "Heartache"
3. "Midnight Blue"
4. "Time"
5. "If I Don't Have You"
6. "She's Got To Know"
7. "Arrow Thru Your Heart"
8. "Until I Make You Mine"
9. "Chain Of Love"
10. "Lover Come Back"

© 1987 Atlantic Recording Corporation and WEA International Inc. Produced by Pat Moran and Lou Gramm. Engineered by Pat Moran. Lou Gramm features lead and background vocals. Notable appearances: Bruce Turgon on bass guitar, guitar and keyboards, Ben Grammatico Jr. on drums and trumpet, Nils Lofgren, Richard Grammatico and Don Mancuso on guitar, Mark Rivera on saxophone and background vocals, and Ben Grammatico Sr. on trumpet. First solo album.
 

Lou Gramm: lead and background vocals
Bruce Turgon: bass guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboards, lead guitar on "Lover Come Back"
Ben Gramm Jr.: drums, trumpet
Philip Ashley: keyboards
Nils Lofgren: lead guitar

Additional musicians
Richard Grammatico: lead guitar on "If I Don't Have You", additional guitar on "Time"
Stanley Sheldon: bass guitar on "Midnight Blue" and on "If I Don't Have You"
Don Mancuso: additional guitar on "Chain Of Love"
Eddie Martinez: additional guitar on "Ready Or Not", "Midnight Blue" and on "Chain Of Love"
Mark Rivera: soprano sax on "Lover Come Back", tenor sax, background vocals
Ben Grammatico Sr.: lead trumpet
Crispin Cioe: tenor, baritone sax
Sherryl Marshall: background vocals
Cookie Watkins: background vocals

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1. "Ready Or Not"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go
Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go

Something that you said goes 'round my head
I know I'm gonna ride tonight
You don't look at me but all I want
To see it's you tonight

Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Just a question of time

I said nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Now that I've made up my mind

Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go
Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go

Girl you got the look as if you wrote the book
But I don't understand
How one girl can be so sure
You've got me in the palm of your hand

Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Just a question of time

I said nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Now that I've made up my mind

Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go
Here I come ready or not
Here I come ready to go, let's go

(I am ready) here I come ready or not
(When you're ready) here I come ready to go
(Ready) here I come ready or not
(Say you're ready) here I come ready to go

Here I come ready or not, here I come ready or not
(Here I come ready to go), here I come, ready, ready
Here I come ready or not
(Yeah ready) here I come ready to go

Here I come ready or not, here I come ready or not
(Here I come ready to go), here I come, here I come, ready babe
Here I come ready or not, ready or not
Here I come ready to go

Here I come ready or not, here I come ready or not
(Here I come ready to go), ready ready yeah yeah
(Oh yeah) here I come ready or not
(Coming ready) here I come ready to go

(Yeah) here I come ready or not

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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2. "Heartache"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love, woah oh oh oh

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love, woah oh oh oh

I get no reply or tell-tale lie
It's all the same in love
You give me a hard time but I can't deny
It's you I'm thinking of

Oh lonely nights, they've taken their toll
I don't care anymore, I just want you to know
There's a place in my heart, you're a part of my soul
And I can't let go

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love, woah oh oh oh

I know there's a way, I'm sure there's a way
Though it seems we're worlds apart
But if love is the crime, it's yours and it's mine
We're prisoners of our hearts

Oh lonely nights, they've taken their toll
I don't care anymore, I just want you to know
There was nothing to gain, losing passion for pain
But I won't let go

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love, woah oh oh oh

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love, woah oh oh oh

Oh lonely nights, they've taken their toll
I don't care anymore, I just want you to know
There was nothing to gain, losing passion for pain
But I won't let go

Heartache, ooh ooh, nothing but a heartache

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love, woah oh oh oh

Heartache, nothing but a heartache
Heartache, oh ooh, heartache

Heartache've done nothing but cover me
Heartache don't know when to let me be
Heartache won't learn no lesson in love

Heartache've done nothing but cover me

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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3. "Midnight Blue"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

Ain't got no regrets
And I ain't losin' track of
Which way I'm going
I ain't gonna double back, no

Don't want no misplay
Put on no display
And angel no
But I know my way

Oh yeah, oh oh, oh oh

I used to follow
Yeah, that's true
But my following days are over
Now I just got to follow thru in

I remember what my father said
He said "son, life is simple"
It's either cherry red

Or midnight blue, oh, oh oh, oh oh
Midnight blue, (oh) oh oh, ooh oh, oh oh, oh oh

You were the restless one
And you did not care of that
I was the trouble boy
Lookin' for a double dare

I won't apologize for the
Things I've done and said
But when I win your heart
I'm gonna paint it cherry red

I don't want to talk about it
What you do to me, I can't live without it
And you might think that it's
Much too soon for us to go this far

Into the midnight blue, oh, oh oh, oh oh
It's midnight blue, (oh) oh oh, ooh oh, oh oh, oh oh

The things could be different
But that'd be a shame, 'cause
I'm the one who could feel the sun
Right in the pouring rain

I won't say where and I
Don't know when but
Soon there's gonna come a day, babe
I'll be back again

Yeah, I'll be back for you
Ah ah ah ah, you see I'm saving up my love

Midnight blue, (oh) oh oh, oh oh
Into the midnight blue, (oh) oh oh, oh oh
Another midnight blue, (oh) oh oh, oh oh
Tonight is midnight blue, (woah) oh oh, oh oh, it's midnight blue
Into the midnight blue, (oh) oh, oh oh oh
Midnight blue, oh, oh oh, oh oh
Midnight blue, oh, oh oh oh
Tonight is midnight blue, oh, oh oh, oh oh
Into the midnight blue, oh, oh oh oh

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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4. "Time"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

There was a girl, she led a life, of a runaway
She didn't dream, she couldn't feel, just had to get away
From everything she knows

Where do you go? Who do you turn to, when you're all alone?
The world is cold, do what you have to
To make it on your own

She needs time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
Take time, time rolls on

There was a boy, he had a dream, he had to get away
A need to see, the other side, of life far away, far away
From the world he knows

The world is hard, but there's a small chance, I know how he feels
To chase a dream, you got to run boy, run boy
You've got to make it real

And take time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
You better take time, time rolls on

You take time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
You better take time, time rolls on

You have been my dream
Do you believe in me?
Then let our hearts be strong
And let go, go, go, go

It takes time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
Take time, ooh ooh time rolls on, time

You take time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
You better take time, ooh ooh time rolls on, time

You need time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
Take time, yeah time rolls on, time

Time to live, time to love
Time to do anything you're thinking of
Take time, time rolls on, time rolls on
Time rolls on, (time rolls on) time rolls on

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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5. "If I Don't Have You"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

Another lonely day
Watching the blues turn to gray
I never felt so much sorrow
Don't know if I can face tomorrow

Don't know where this love lies
Need to know but I know that that's allright
Feel lost and alone and last
I need to be needed, oh

Not if I don't have you
There's nothing for me tomorrow
Not if I don't have you
Loneliness turns to sorrow

Another lonely day
Watching the blues turn to gray
I never felt so much sorrow
Don't know if I can face tomorrow

Don't let this love die
Like the sun at last daylight
You can't leave love alone
How long would it last, aoh

Not if I don't have you
There's nothing for me tomorrow
Not if I don't have you
Loneliness turns to sorrow

If I don't have you
There's nothing for me tomorrow
Not if I don't have you
No oh ooh, not if I don't have you ooh ooh oooh

Ooh ooh don't let me down
(Ooh) ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

Not if I don't have you
There's nothing for me tomorrow
Not if I don't have you
This loneliness turns to sorrow

If I don't have you
There's nothing for me tomorrow
Not if I don't have you
Not if I don't have you ooh ooh ooh oooh

Ooh ooh don't let me down
Ooh ooh don't let me down

(Ooh) ooh ooh ooh oooh
Woah oh

Another lonely day
Another lonely day
Another lonely day
Watching the blues turn to gray

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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6. "She's Got To Know"
(L. Gramm

She's got to know
Got to know, ooh why
You love her so, tell her why
Show her how you love her hand
She's got to know
Give her reason, show her why

I can't believe, you don't want to see
She's slipping away from you, ooh ooh
Can't you remember, the way you won't her heart
You say it's tearing you apart, you don't say the things you used to

She's got to know
Got to know, ooh why
You love her so, tell her why
Show her how you love her hand

I know this love, is like a raging sea
But she's drifting away, away from you, hey
You'd better think about it, can you do without it?
She's got to know, you don't wanna do

You'd better tell her, oh yeah
I said tell her, oh yeah
Come on tell her, oh yeah
She's got to know

I can't believe, you don't want to see
She won't be hanging around
'Cause she's your woman, and she makes you proud
You feel ten foot tall, strutting 'round this town

But she needs to be seen, seen by your side
Walking hand in hand, with her loving man
You see she dresses up for you, she does her hair for you
And she wears your ring, and it means everything

You better take a look around, at who's looking at your woman
You know they wished they had, the sweet thing that you have
Take my advice, I don't want to say it twice
Don't you let it go, oh ooh no no

You've got to hold her, squeeze her
You know how to please her
Show her the soul of a man
Now if, everything feels right
You'd better tell her tonight
She's gonna love you like no one else can

You'd better tell her, oh yeah
Come on tell her, oh yeah
I said tell her, oh yeah
She's got to know

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)

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7. "Arrow Thru Your Heart"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

I can't take her light
She's walking dynamite
We go sin for sin
Sometimes I wish I'd been more careful

She's got her lights on low
I better come on slow
The way she keeps her late night promises
It's all to let me know

She'll put an arrow thru your heart
Yeah an arrow thru your heart
She'll put an arrow thru your heart
Put an arrow thru your heart

Monday, I need her
Tuesday, I need her more
Wednesday, still no answer when
Thursday, I know she's home
She calls late, late Friday night
Whatever's wrong she'll make it right
Saturday, I get my way
But Sunday I need her again

Another arrow thru your heart
An arrow thru your heart
Arrow thru your heart
An arrow thru your heart

Another arrow thru your heart
Yeah an arrow thru your heart, really hit me hard
Arrow thru your heart
An arrow thru your heart, yeah

She'll put an arrow thru your heart
An arrow thru your heart
She'll put an arrow thru your heart
Yeah an arrow thru your heart

She'll put an arrow thru your heart again
An arrow thru your heart again
Arrow thru your heart, arrow thru your heart
Arrow thru your heart

Arrow thru your heart
Arrow thru your heart, ooh
Arrow thru your heart
Arrow thru your heart, yeah

Put an arrow thru your heart, ooh
Put an arrow thru your heart
Arrow thru your heart
Arrow thru your heart, ooh

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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8. "Until I Make You Mine"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

I see your face, and I remember when
So much has changed, between now and then
There was a time, you had to make up your mind

The feeling grows, it was born on tears
And kept alive, for all these years
But I won't rest, until I make you mine, all mine

I used to fantasize that you were mine
You tried to hide your feelings, but I'm not blind
I knew it when I looked into your eyes
I've had a thing about you, for a long, long time

Why do I wait? When I know nothing's changed
This love should fade, but it feels the same
I can't believe, that you still think about me

How many times, have I been dreaming of?
Whispering the words, my words of love
I can't believe, that you still dream about me

I used to fantasize that you were mine
You tried to hide your feelings, but I'm not blind
I knew it when I looked into your eyes
I've had a thing about you, for a long, long time

Now I dream, over and over again
The same dream, I'd better stop

I see your face, and I remember when
So much has changed, between now and then
There was a time, you had to make up your mind

I used to fantasize that you were mine
You tried to hide your feelings, but I'm not blind
I knew it when I looked into your eyes
I've had a thing about you, for a long, long time

A long, long time
A long, long time
Mmmm I've loved you for a long, long time

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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9. "Chain Of Love"
(L. Gramm / B. Turgon)

Can't find, can't find
The words to rescue me
This time, this time
I've got to make you see

You, you were the one
The only one who understands
Do you hear me? Do you know what I need?
You've got to take me as I am

I'm saying it once, I'll say it again
No chain of love on me
Saying it once, and I'll say it again
No chain of love on me

I can't lie, can't lie
My heart will tell me true
You know me, you know me
Better than I think I want you to

Now, I got it alone
A solitary man
This is something I must do for myself
You got to take me as I am

So I'm saying it once, I'll say it again
No chain of love on me
Saying it once, and I'll say it again
No chain of love on me

Take a walk down Lonely Street once more
Take a walk down Lonely Street once more
Take a walk down Lonely Street once more

I'm saying it once, I'll say it again
No chain of love on me
I'm saying it once, and I'll say it again
No chain of love on me

I'm saying it once, and I'll say it again
No chain of love on me
I'm saying it once, and I'll say it again
No chain of love on me

Just take a walk

Take a walk down Lonely Street once more, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Take a walk down Lonely Street once more, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Take a walk down Lonely Street once more, ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Take a walk down Lonely Street once more

(Take a walk this street once more) ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
(Take a walk this street once more) ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
(Take a walk this street once more) ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh, ooh ooh

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. / Acara Music (ASCAP)

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10. "Lover Come Back"
(L. Gramm)

And you said we were thru
But I already knew
It was over

Now it's all I can do
Just to keep my promise to you
So lover come back

Back to the arms
Of the one who let you down
Need to hold you

I know I'm not an easy man
I'll do anything I can
Just to hold you

Oh oh lover come back, lover come back
Come on home

Lover come back, come back
Come on home

First you said that we'll try
Then you said it's goodbye

If I thought that you might
I would wait here all night

I feel a shadow cross my heart
I hear an echo of your voice
In my mind

And now it's tearing me apart
'Cause I've loved you
For such a long time

So lover come back, come back
Come on home

Lover come back, lover come back
Come on home

Lover come back

Lover come back, come back

Ooh ooh lover come back
Lover come home

Lover come back, lover come back
Come on home

Lover come back, come back

Come on home
Come on home
Come on home, yeah
Lover come home, home, whoo ooh
Come on home, home
Come on home, home
Come on home, home

© 1986 Stray Notes Music / Colgems-EMI Music Inc. (ASCAP)

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Information and lyrics transcribed by Phoenix.

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