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Brendan Benson Lyrics for Song: Poised And Ready
 Lyrics for Album: My Old Familiar Friend [2009]
 
 
 
 17548>You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound
 
 
 
 Your hands are sweaty as you look down
 
 
 
 You're running already when you've hit the ground
 
 
 
 You're willing and able, so nice to have around
 
 
 
 The head of the table is tightly wound
 
 
 
 The noise is loud, so turn it down
 
 
 
 When you think about it, try to wrap your head around it
 
 
 
 You find none of it makes any sense at all
 
 
 
 And people you once trusted are now looking so disgusted
 
 
 
 And they're waiting anxiously for you to fall
 
 
 
 You take for granted and take what you can grab
 
 
 
 Forsake what's landing into your lap
 
 
 
 You shake the hand and take a stab
 
 
 
 There's no need to doubt it
 
 
 
 There's never been two ways about it
 
 
 
 It takes a thick skin
 
 
 
 There's ways around it but no way in
 
 
 
 And when you think about it, try to wrap your head around it
 
 
 
 You find none of it makes any sense at all
 
 
 
 And people you once trusted are now looking so disgusted
 
 
 
 And they're waiting anxiously for you to fall
 
 
 
 And there you go, turning everybody you know
 
 
 
 Turning a one man show, so take a look around you now
 
 
 
 And suck it up and take a bow
 
 
 
 You're living and crawling and trying to catch a breath
 
 
 
 You're stalling and dying a sudden death
 
 
 
 And all the while you second guess
 
 
 
 And now the time has come to for it to stop
 
 
 
 The crowd was done, so call the cops
 
 
 
 You're like a boy who turned and shot
 
 
 
 You're poised and ready, unable to make a sound
 
 
 
 Your hands are sweaty if you look down
 
 
 
 You're running already when you hit the ground
 
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| Album Lyrics: My Old Familiar Friend [2009] |  
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  Brendan Benson
 "My Old Familiar Friend [2009]"
 
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