EASY STREET
(Alan Rankin Jones  1941)

as recorded by Julie London
with Barney Kessel (guitar)
and Ray Leatherwood (bass)
1955


Easy Street,
I'd love to live on Easy Street;
Nobody works on Easy Street,
Just lie 'round all day,
Just sit and play the horses!

Life is sweet
For folks who live on Easy Street;
No weekly payments you must meet
That makes your hair turn grey!

When opportunity comes knockin',
You just keep on with your rockin',
'Cause you know your fortune's made!
And if the sun makes you perspire,
There's a man that you can hire
To plant trees, so you can have shade!

On Easy Street,
I'm tellin' every one I meet,
If I could live on Easy Street,
I'd want no job today,
So please go 'way!

And if the sun makes you perspire,
There's a man that you can hire
To plant trees, so you can have shade!

On Easy Street,
I'm tellin' every one I meet,
If I could live on Easy Street,
I'd want no job today,
So please go 'way!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - September 2013)