EASY TO SAY


Johnny Mathis (1958)
from album Swing Softly

It's easy to tell my empty arms
Don't ache, don't ache, although she's leaving you,
Easy to say but ohhhh, so hard to do.

It's easy to tell my lonely heart
Don't break, don't break though you and love are through
Easy to say but ohhhh, so hard to do.

Tell a kid to be gay when you've taken his candy away
Tell a bird not to fly, you're as foolish as I if you try.

I said to myself a million times
Forget, forget, and find somebody new
Easy to say but ohhhh, so hard to do.

(bridge)

Easy to say but ohhhh, so very hard to do.

(bridge)

It's easy to say but ohhhh, so hard to do.

Tell a kid to be gay when you've taken his candy away
Tell a bird not to fly, you're as foolish as I if you try.

I've said to myself a million times
Forget, forget, and find somebody new,
Easy to say but ohhhh, so hard.
Easy to say but oh so hard
It's easy to say but oh so hard to do.
Oh, so very hard to do.
oooooo, so hard to do.
oooo, ohhhh so hard to do.





(Transcribed by David Story - January 2013)