Sooner or Later – clean

Sooner or Later

Madonna, I’m Breathless, 1990

Writer: Stephen Sondheim

Producers: Madonna, Bill Bottrell

Labels; Sire, Warner

Chords.

Note: the song is still saucy but religious and consent references have been removed/softened. For the bridge “jump in” should be sang with /i/ modded to /e/ for rhyme.

Sooner or later you’re gonna be mine,
sooner or later you’re gonna be fine.
Baby it’s time that you faced it –
I always get my man.

Sooner or later you’re gonna decide,
sooner or later there’s nowhere to hide.
Baby it’s time so why waste it in chatter,
let’s settle… the matter.
Baby, you’re mine on a platter –
I always get my man.

But… if you insist, babe
the challenge delights me.
The more you dismiss, babe,
the more it excites me.

And no one I’ve kissed, babe
ever fights me again.

If… you’re on my list it’s
just a question of when,
when I get a yen,
then baby jump in,
I’m counting to ten,
and then…

I’m gonna love you like nothing you’ve known,
I’m gonna love you and you all alone.
Sooner is better than later but lover,
I’ll hover… I’ll plan.
This time I’m not only getting, I’m holding

my… man.