Robin Amy Bass

EASY (VERSION 1)

She says I make it look easy
My word – if she only knew
All of the days I spent searching
Thinking of things I should do

All of the nights I spent staring
Counting the cracks on the wall
Feeling like I was abandoned
Feeling so hopeless and small

Folks told me – just take it easy
This too shall pass – don’t you know
I tossed my head – acted breezy
It’s no big deal – I would go

Back to the place I was renting
A furnished room in my head
Light up a joint – and inhale it
Trying to block out the dread

Sometimes there’s no way around it
Sometimes it clarifies pain
Panama Red doesn’t cut it
All my efforts in vain

Nothing I tried was successful
Locked in that room in my head
Sometimes it’s hard to be honest
Back then I’d think of the dead

Wondering if I should join them
I still hear voices – that say
It’s not like you to leave early
Find a solution and stay

Learn to live life in the present
Hiding from life – is just fear
Better if not always easy
To face the truth and be here.