Jerry Butler - Walk Easy My Son lyrics

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When I was a very small boy<br />

(Just a small boy)<br />

Looked through the cornfields<br />

And wonder (oh, I wondered)<br />

If every man had his own piece of land<br />

So he'd never know hunger<br />

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Oh, the time quickly rode along<br />

(Yes, it did now) I grew up<br />

And I left home, Lord knows<br />

I'm sorry I ever left<br />

I see people starving to death<br />

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You walk easy, my son (easy)<br />

That's what my daddy said to me<br />

Said, you be a man<br />

And you learn all you can<br />

? and you'll be free<br />

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Oh, I remember one rainy day back home<br />

(I remember) Sally Brown's house<br />

Burned down (yes, it did now) and<br />

Everybody had to lend a helping hand<br />

Folks came from miles around<br />

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They didn't do this<br />

Expecting something in return<br />

They simply did it because they cared<br />

And these were the kind of folk<br />

If they had anything at all<br />

They were more than willing to share<br />

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And Daddy said, you walk easy, boy<br />

(Walk easy) yeah, and when your<br />

Trouble get to falling like rain<br />

(You gotta walk easy)<br />

<br />

Hey, I want you to understand<br />

You keep on stepping, man<br />

Cause it'll only bring you cold?<br />

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And now that I'm out here<br />

In this big old world<br />

I hear strange world like pollution<br />

And I see a man that needs<br />

A helping hand have to go somewhere<br />

To find his own solution<br />

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Oh, my Lord, how this<br />

Whole world had changed<br />

I say, God, save us all<br />

Yeah, I hate the day that I ever came<br />

This world is heading<br />

For a great big fall<br />

<br />

And you walk easy, son (easy)<br />

Yeah, that's what my Daddy<br />

Said to me, he said<br />

You know you can't trust everyone<br />

Cause it will only bring you misery<br />

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You walk easy, my son (easy)<br />

And when your trouble get<br />

To falling like rain, oh<br />

Don't you try to trust everybody, child<br />

Cause it will only bring you pain