Smokey Robinson amp The Miracles - Easy Street lyrics
rate me<b>Easy Street</b> by <i>Smokey Robinson &amp; The Miracles</i><br />See Voice Key below.
Instrumental intro with spoken comments and finger snapping:
Ooo-wee, that fella just got it made.
An' I wanna tell you...
GM: Oh yeah, oh yeah,
Ooo-wee! Ooo-wee!
Easy Street.
Verse 1:
All: Easy Street,
I'd love to live on Easy Street.
Nobody works on Easy Street.
They just sit around all day.
Just sit and play the horses.
Verse 2:
All: Life is sweet,
GM: Ooo-ooo/ RW: /for folks who live on
All: Easy Street.
GM: No weekly payments
All: You must meet,
That makes your hair turn' gray,
M: Turn' gray, turn' gray!
Chorus:
All: When opportunity comes a-knockin',
You just keep on with your rockin',
'Cause you know your fortune's ma-ay-hade.
And any time you so desire,
There's a man that you can hire,
To plant trees so you can have shade on...
Verse 3:
CR: Easy Street,
I'm tellin' ev'ry one I meet,
GM: If I could live on Easy Street,
All: I wouldn't want no job today.
All: I live on Easy, Easy,
Easy, Easy, Stree-eet,
Instrumental break.
Chorus:
All: Whe-hen opportunity comes a-knockin',
Hell, I keep a-rockin',
'Cause you know your fortune's ma-ay-hade.
And any time you so desire,
CR: Get SR & GM: the man that you can hire,
All: To plant trees so you can have shade on...
Verse 3, repeated:
All: Easy Street,
I'm tellin' ev'ry one I meet,
If I could live on Easy Street,
I wouldn't want no job today.
So please, go 'way, go 'way.
Coda:
GM: Ooooo./
SR:/I'd live on Easy Street./
GM: /Sing it to me, one more,
GM: We ain't got no place to go.
All: Ee-ee-ze-ee Stree-eeeet.
VOICE KEY:
Lyrics preceded with SR: denote solo by Smokey Robinson.
Lyrics preceded with CR: denote solo by Claudette Rogers-Robinson.
Lyrics preceded with RW: denote solo by Ronnie White.
Lyrics preceded with M: denote just male group members sing without SR.
Lyrics preceded with GM: denote all the group members sing without SR.
Lyrics preceded with All: denote everyone sings.
Lyrics separated by a slash(es) (/) mean the lyrics on opposite
sides of the slash(es) are sung simultaneously or overlap.
