Lyr Req: Go Down Easy (Jay Bolotin)

Subject: Hard to go down easy
From: alison
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 10:37 AM

boy am I glad 'Spaw is in hospital with this for a thread title....... *grin*

anyway I'm looking for it for a friend.. it isn't folk... but it is probably by Dan Fogelberg......

anyone know it? I'm not even sure if that is the correct title....

thanks

slainte

alison

Subject: Lyr Add: GO DOWN EASY (Jay Bolotin)
From: Trapper
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 10:46 AM

A quick search on GOOGLE.COM reveals...

Go Down Easy

GO DOWN EASY
by Jay Bolotin

Linda lost her lover in the early part of autumn
And she moved out to the country
Hoping all would be forgotten
The last time that I saw her
She was makin' sure the winter
Wouldn't come through that old door frame
Where the door is several inches from the ground
The cold hard ground

And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
And it's hard to lose a lover
In the early part of autumn

Well, she learned to cook the meals
And she learned to start the fire
And she learned to make jewelry
Out of stones and precious metals
She sits down to the table
With her friends and several others
And she tries real hard to never be alone

And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
And it's hard to lose a lover
In the early part of autumn

Now the winter wind blows cold
Upon a fair and gentle soul
And she feels as if her time is passin' easy
But her friends are sometimes lovers
Though they'll always be another
She thinks about when night time lays on down

And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
And it's hard to lose a lover
In the early part of autumn

And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to keep from cryin'
And it's hard to lose a lover
In the early part of autumn

©1973 Irving Music Inc. / Danor Music Inc. (BMI)

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hard to go down easy
From: IanC
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 10:47 AM

Can't see it in DT and the forum's down, so here it is

Go Down Easy
?Dan Fogelberg

Linda lost her lover in the early part of autumn
And she moved out to the country hoping all would be forgotten
The last time that I saw her she was making sure the winter
Wouldn't come through that old door frame
Where the door is several inches from the ground, the cold hard ground

Ch.
And it's hard to go down easy
And it's hard to keep from crying
And it's hard to lose a lover in the early part of autumn

Well she learned to cook the meals and she learned to start the fire
And she learned to make jewelry out of stones and precious metals
She sits down to the table with her friends and several others
And she tries real hard to never be alone

Now the winter wind blows cold upon a fair and gentle soul
And she feels as if her time is passing easy
Her friends are sometimes lovers, though they'll always be another
She thinks about when the night time lays on down

from here.

Cheers!
Ian

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hard to go down easy
From: MichaelM
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 10:52 AM

It's called "Go Down Easy" Click here

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hard to go down easy
From: alison
Date: 26 Jun 01 - 09:16 PM

thanks guys.... my friend will be well chuffed.....

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Hard to go down easy
From: Mrs.Duck
Date: 27 Jun 01 - 12:58 PM

Quick hide this one 'spaws coming home!!!!

Subject: Go Down Easy (J Bolotin) - recorded by D Fogelberg
From: Genie
Date: 07 Sep 07 - 09:19 PM

Glad this song is here in the forum and with the proper authorship. In typical internet-posting sloppiness, most places I found this song on the net have Dan Fogelberg credited as the songwriter, presumably because way too many people ignorantly assume that whoever they first hear singing the song must have written it too but I digress.

The only question I have about the lyrics is whether the chorus lyrics are "... hard to lose a lover ... " or "... hard to lose your lover ... ."   On my Fogelberg album ("High Country Snows") it sounds like "your lover," and that sounds more personal and important to me than "a lover."   But it probably matters little which you sing, and I'm not sure your audience can tell anyway.

G