Pop Song 349 of 500 'Easy' The Commodores' 1977

Pop Song 349 of 500 'Easy' The Commodores' 1977

Written by Commodores lead singer Lionel Richie, the song is a slow ballad expressing a man's feelings as a relationship ends. Rather than being depressed about the break-up, he states that he is instead "easy like Sunday morning"—something that Richie described as evocative of "small Southern towns that die at 11:30pm" on a Saturday night, such as his hometown Tuskegee, Alabama

I know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain
Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow
Seems to me girl, you know I've done all I can
You see I begged, stole and I borrowed
Yeah
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday mornin', yeah
That's why I'm easy, so easy
I'm easy like Sunday mornin'
Sing it for me brother
Why in the world would anybody put chains on me
I've paid my dues to make it
Everybody wants me to be what they want me to be
But I'm not happy when I try to fake it
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like Sunday mornin'
That's why I'm easy, so easy
That's why I'm easy like Sunday mornin'
I wanna be high, so high
I wanna be free to know the things I do alright
I wanna be free just me, oh, baby
Now play it right here for me
Yeah
That's why I'm easy
Easy like Sunday mornin'
Whoa, that's why I'm easy, so easy
Yes, I'm easy like Sunday mornin'
That's why I'm easy, whoa
I'm easy like Sunday mornin', whoa, yeah
That why I'm easy (I'm so easy, I'm so easy)
I'm easy like Sunday mornin', mornin'
(Mornin', mornin')
Thank you, William