© 2014   Janice and Bud Merritt
Thanks to floyd jane for harmonies and Tom Adams for guitar effects ("putting the hair around the edges")

It Ain't Easy He's After

V1
he’d been living just ahead of the truth
spending too much time denying it all
seems that everybody knew the score but him
there was no space left for writing on the wall

Ch
the easy way had always stared him in the face
he would blame his falls on one thing or another
now he’s learned all he has to do is look in a mirror  
cause after all this time it ain't easy he’s after

V2
he turned around and faced the tempest
all his easy outs have hurt the ones that care
it's time to grab his bootstraps 
and do some uplifting 
he’s ready for the hard road back from nowhere 

Chorus 

Bridge
fight on through it, land in a better place
the times come to let honesty win the race

Chorus