Just Getting Ready to Cheat

JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT

YOU LEFT ME ALONE NIGHT AFTER NIGHT
WHILE YOU STAYED OUT UNTIL THE MORNING LIGHT
I WAS WALKING THE FLOOR WHILE YOU WERE RUNNING THE STREETS
I NEEDED SOMEONE TO COME AND SEE ABOUT ME

AND I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT
JUST GETTING READY TO PUT YOU DOWN FOR A WHILE
YES, I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT

AND THEN YOU CHANGED MY MIND

MAN ON MY JOB KEEPS TELLING ME HE’S FINE
OH HE’S FUN TO PLAY WITH BUT I DON’T GO FOR THE PLAYING KIND (TYPE?)
I’M A ONE-MAN WOMAN BUT IT’S HARD TO BE STRONG
WHEN THE MAN YOU LOVE GIVES YOU NO REASON TO CARRY ON

I WAS GETTING TO READY TO CHEAT
JUST GETTING READY TO PUT YOU DOWN FOR A WHILE
WELL I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT
AND THEN YOU CHANGED MY MIND

YOU CAME HOME EARLY
STONE SOBER TO MY SURPRISE
YOU LOOKED AT ME WITH SO MUCH LOVE IN YOUR EYES
YOU SAID BABY I’M SORRY I TREATED YOU SO MEAN
YOU SAID I FEEL JUST LIKE A MAN WHO HAS WOKE UP FROM A DREAM
AND WHAT DID I FIND?
SUCH A LUCKY GUY! THAT’S WHAT YOU SAID, DADDY
YOU SAID YOU WERE A LUCKY GUY

NOW TIME WILL TELL ME IF I MADE THE RIGHT CHOICE
BUT I KEEP HEARING ALL THAT LOVE IN YOUR VOICE

I’M A ONE-MAN WOMAN
AND I ‘M TRYING TO BE TRUE
BUT FROM NOW ON BABY IT’S ALL UP TO YOU

I WAS GETTING READY TO CHEAT
JUST GETTING READY TO PUT YOU DOWN FOR A WHILE
SAID I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT
AND THEN YOU CHANGED MY MIND

[A LINE I COULDN’T UNDERSTAND—SOMETHING ABOUT A SECRET]
AND I GOT ME A DRAWER FULL OF PRETTY THINGS

I HAD ONE FOOT OUT THE DOOR,
I WAS READY TO SETTLE THAT SCORE.

I WAS READY TO CHEAT BABY
JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT

I HAD MY EYE ON A REAL HANDSOME GUY
I WAS GETTING READY TO CHEAT
I LEAVE IT ALL UP TO YOU NOW BABY
I WAS READY, I WAS WILLING
I WAS JUST GETTING READY TO CHEAT
IT’S ALL UP TO YOU
BABY