Easier, Better

from Easier, Better by Calamity Janes and the Fratney Street Band

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Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord,

Come walk me down the mountainside

I tried, I tried to go alone

But you see the road, the road, the road

It begs for company

Another you or two for three to keep me walking on

And I've been going a little too far on my own

And I've been trying to set my steps towards home

But without you by my side, I'm another lonesome load

The old ways aren't bad ways, still I think it's time to let them go

Oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord

I'm laying on this pitch of floor

Hiding out from the outside war

Trying hard to find out what I am useful for

But we've been living inside of a terrarium jar

It's not what you were meaning when you set me alone in the dark

Now I see you were scheming for me to muscle my way into your arms

Not to run disbelieving calamity's chores and her charms

These days I've been thinking the old ways weren't always what

I was waiting on

Oh love, oh love, oh love

I'll walk this way with you

Your eyes will see me through

Your ears hear nothing new

The earth only produces another up and down

And I've been down

A little too long on my own

I've been down

Sorrow stealing the show

I've been down and done

Time to try the other one

Low waters come round our feet again, our knees, our necks again

We're gladly wet again

The pain we met back then pushing towards the road again

But this time we walk together

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from Easier, Better, released June 14, 2014
Written by Elizabeth Altman

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