Go Down Easy

Dan Fogelberg · Portrait: Music Of Dan Fogelberg From 1972-1997 [1997]

Linda lost a lover

In the early part of autumn

And she moved out to the country

Hoping all would be forgotten



The last time that I saw her

She was makin' sure the winter

Wouldn't come through that old door frame

Where the door is several inches

From the ground, the cold hard ground



And it's hard to go down easy

And it's hard to keep from cryin'

And it's hard to lose a lover

In the early part of autumn



Well, she learned to cook the meals

And she learned to start the fire

And she learned to make jewelry

Out of stones and precious metals



She sits down to the table

With her friends and several others

And she tries real hard to never be alone



And it's hard to go down easy

And it's hard to keep from cryin'

And it's hard to lose a lover

In the early part of autumn



Now the winter wind blows cold

Upon a fair and gentle soul

And she feels as if her time is a-passin' easy



But her friends are sometimes lovers

Though they'll always be another

She thinks about it

When the night time lays on down



And it's hard to go down easy

And it's hard to keep from cryin'

And it's hard to lose a lover

In the early part of autumn



And it's hard to go down easy

And it's hard to keep from cryin'

And it's hard to lose a lover

In the early part of autumn