Author: Indigo Girls

Album title: Strange Fire



Make it Easier

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i'm in search of greener pastures, don't like my

garden's what i said, although i'm working harder than

last year, i'm still deep in the red, i am rowing as hard

as i can, and they're selling me up a stream, i'm always

one more step away from the american dream. i got a

chip on my shoulder about the size of a mental block,

i've got someone on the telephone trying to sell me a

future in stock, maybe i work too hard to be happy,

and i should practice letting go, but it's hard not to

rock the boat when you're sailing against the

undertow.



chorus: i want to slide into the black and wear the

black mask, i might not get what i lack, but it

doesn't hurt to ask if i want to sail, i need my

life to be breezier i said, please, god, or

someone, make it easier



i went to sunday school every sunday swallowed the

bait and i got the hook and when i needed something

someday i would read the good book. tell me, what

does it take to get ahead? sometimes i know i'd sell

my soul when it looks like everybody else is flying,

and i'm crawling in the hole maybe if i open my own

business, maybe if i buy a lottery ticket, someone

tell me what is the secret to getting out of the thicket?

give me more than just a sample, i need a whole lot of

glory then my life become an example of the american

success story.



chorus:



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