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Sooner or Later Ready or Not

by Darrell Elmer Rodgers

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Truth Hurts (along with everything else as we age). I wrote this song just before my 50th High School Reunion.

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Copyright 2022 Darrell Elmer Rodgers
Sooner or Later, Ready or Not

I guess I'm just not ready
for the image I see
in my bathroom mirror
staring back at me

I don't remember getting
even half those lines and scars
like a Georgia roadmap
between honky tonks and bars

Chorus:
Sooner or later, Ready or not
time's gonna take everything you've got
I don't mean to sound mean
but If the truth be told
Sooner or later,
Ready or not, you're old

I'm not ready to give up
I'm not ready to give in
But I sure as heck ain't ready
to go through that again

I gave up crazy long ago
In this game of live and learn
but I must've missed the exit ramp
off this road to crash And burn

Chorus

Musical interlude

Some folks get there early
Some folks get there late
Some folks don't live long enough
to make it through the gate

So I guess I should be happy
that I've managed to survive
though sometimes pain's the only thing
that proves I'm still alive

Chorus

If you can't get comfortable
If you're always hot or cold
If you wake up aching, feeling
like you've just been rolled

You might be a victim
of that thieving father time
I've known him for a few years now
and he ain't no friend of mine

Chorus +
Sooner or later,
Ready or not, you're old

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released February 3, 2023
Music and Lyrics by Darrell Elmer Rodgers
Recorded at darrellsongs Studio in Las Cruces, NM

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Darrell Elmer Rodgers is a veteran singer-songwriter. He has been called the Bard of the Baby-Boomers for songs that celebrate his generation's life and times.

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