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I'm Not Ready Yet

by Tom T. Hall

on New Train Same Rider/Places I've Done Time (1978)

I said I'd leave you anytime I'm ready
Some april when all the land is wet
Some summer, some fall, or maybe winter
I'll go someday, but I'm not ready yet

I should've left the day your love was dyin'
I passed up every date I ever set
I know I'll leave you when my heart is ready
I'm still around, 'cause I'm not ready yet


Well, I've left a hundred times, but you don't know that
Because I'm ashamed to tell how far I get
You didn't, you don't, you'll never love me
And someday I'll go, but I'm not ready yet

I should've left the day your love was dyin'
I passed up every date I ever set
I know I'll leave you when my heart is ready
I'm still around, 'cause I'm not ready yet