Released: June 23, 1980
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Producer: Jerry Wexler Barry Beckett
[Chorus]
Are you ready, are you ready?
Are you ready, are you ready?
[Verse 1]
Are you ready to meet Jesus?
Are you where you ought to be?
Will He know you when He sees you
Or will He say, “Depart from Me”?
[Chorus]
Are you ready, hope you’re ready
Am I ready, am I ready?
Am I ready, am I ready?
[Verse 2]
Am I ready to lay down my life for the brethren
And to take up my cross?
Have I surrendered to the will of God
Or am I still acting like the boss?
[Chorus]
Am I ready, hope I’m ready
[Verse 3]
When destruction cometh swiftly
And there’s no time to say a fare-thee-well
Have you decided whether you want to be
In heaven or in hell?
[Chorus]
Are you ready, are you ready?
[Verse 4]
Have you got some unfinished business?
Is there something holding you back?
Are you thinking for yourself
Or are you following the pack?
[Chorus]
Are you ready, hope you’re ready
Are you ready?
Are you ready for the judgment?
Are you ready for that terrible swift sword?
Are you ready for Armageddon?
Are you ready for the day of the Lord?
Are you ready, I hope you’re ready
Are you ready, are you ready?
Are you ready, are you ready?
[Verse 1]
Are you ready to meet Jesus?
Are you where you ought to be?
Will He know you when He sees you
Or will He say, “Depart from Me”?
[Chorus]
Are you ready, hope you’re ready
Am I ready, am I ready?
Am I ready, am I ready?
[Verse 2]
Am I ready to lay down my life for the brethren
And to take up my cross?
Have I surrendered to the will of God
Or am I still acting like the boss?
[Chorus]
Am I ready, hope I’m ready
[Verse 3]
When destruction cometh swiftly
And there’s no time to say a fare-thee-well
Have you decided whether you want to be
In heaven or in hell?
[Chorus]
Are you ready, are you ready?
[Verse 4]
Have you got some unfinished business?
Is there something holding you back?
Are you thinking for yourself
Or are you following the pack?
[Chorus]
Are you ready, hope you’re ready
Are you ready?
Are you ready for the judgment?
Are you ready for that terrible swift sword?
Are you ready for Armageddon?
Are you ready for the day of the Lord?
Are you ready, I hope you’re ready
more tracks from the album
From the albums
- Saved (1980)
- The Bootleg Series Vol. 13: Trouble No More 1979–1981 (2017)
Bob Dylan popular songs
- Murder Most Foul
- Blowin’ in the Wind
- The Times They Are A-Changin’
- All Along the Watchtower
- Like a Rolling Stone
- Make You Feel My Love
- Hurricane
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall
- Subterranean Homesick Blues
- Desolation Row
- Tangled Up in Blue
- Masters of War
- Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
- It’s Alright, Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
- Girl from the North Country
- Tempest
- It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
- Ballad of a Thin Man
- Visions of Johanna
- I Contain Multitudes
- To Fall in Love with You
- Shelter from the Storm