Poised And Ready Lyrics - My Old Familiar Friend - Brendan Benson

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