Easier Said Than Done

I’ve been doing some heavy thinking
Whiskey drinking in the Northwest rain
Behind a state-run liquor store
In an old strip mall

And I don’t blame her for up and leaving
I know that I was driving her insane
But she didn’t have to hurt me to the core
And cheat on me

And I could hear the falling rain
Whisper things would be okay
If I’d just wise up and let you go
Tell me something I don’t know
Letting go is always easier said than done

And I’d go back to our rented room
But I’m afraid I’d burn the whole place down
And wind up on the evening news
Or on the run

So I fought my half-drunk gloom
With my sullen eyes on the ground
Feeling like I was born to lose
In life and love

And I could hear the falling rain
Whisper things would be okay
If I’d just wise up and let you go
Tell me something I don’t know
Letting go is always easier said than done

Because all my thoughts
Are inside out and twice torn up
And I hate her guts
But all that hate is like weighed by a rare feeling of love

I lost a fight in a small dive bar
And dried out in the local county jail
With two drunks evil eying me
From across the cell

And with a stone I found in a corner
I scratched her name into the dirty wall
With sick still drying on my jean
While everything reeled

And I could hear the falling rain
Whisper things would be okay
If I’d just wise up and let you go
Tell me something I don’t know
Letting go is always easier said

It’s easier said
It’s easier said than done

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