from early in november to the last week of december
i got money matters weighing me down
oh the music may be merry
but it's only temporary
i know santa claus is coming to town
in the days i work my day job
in the nights i work my night
but it all comes down to working man's pay
getting ready
i'm getting ready
ready for christmas day
getting ready for christmas day
and let me tell you
namely
the undertaker
he's getting ready for your body
not only that
the jailer he's getting ready for you
christmas day. hmm? and not only the jailer
but the lawyer
the police force
now getting ready for christmas day
and i want you to bear it in mind
i got a nephew in iraq it's his third time back
but it's ending up the way it began
with the luck of a beginner he'll be eating turkey dinner
on some mountain top in pakistan
getting ready
oh we're getting ready
for the power and the glory and the story of the
christmas day
getting ready
for christmas day. done made it up in your mind that i'm going
new york
philadelphia
chicago. i'm going
on a trip
getting ready
for christmas day. but when christmas come
nobody knows where you'll be. you might ask me. i may be layin' in some lonesome grave
getting ready
for christmas day
getting ready oh we're getting ready
for the power and the glory and the story of the
christmas day
yes we're getting ready
getting ready
ready for your prayers
i'm going and see my relatives in a distant land."