Lyrics
Light bulb dangles from the ceiling, wall cracked like a road map
Flashing lights from the Lincoln Hotel, neon shadows dancing on the wall
Young man come down to Beale Street, wanna shake hands with the blues
Met ‘em head on like a freight train, young man never gonna’ be the same
There ain’t no, ain’t no easy way out, there ain’t no, ain’t no easy way out
Ain’t no easy
Country girl first time in the city, doing her best to get through school
Dirty dancing down at the Marquis, a girl gotta’ do what a girl gotta’ do
Wakes up in the morning she’s bone sore
No time to sleep it off, she’s in need of some tenderness
She picks up her mama’s cross
There ain’t no, ain’t no easy way out, there ain’t no, ain’t no easy way out
Ain’t no easy
There ain’t no easy way out, but there’s a lot of easy ways down
Sometimes you learn to stand having your face pushed into the ground
Ain’t no easy way out
Too soon we turn gray, too late we open our eyes
Life goes by like a vapor, let’s get it right while we still got time
Never go wrong doing right, never get it right doing wrong
Life don’t pick no favorites, come at everybody head on like a freight train
There ain’t no, ain’t no easy way out, there ain’t no, ain’t no easy way out
There ain’t no , ain’t no easy way out...sometimes I feel like a motherless child
So far away, away from my home, I’ll never get out of this world alive
Ain’t no easy way out