I knew a guy   I thought he was my first love   But he had to decide   Between me and the one before   And she stacked it all up   Like a house of cards   Said if he didn't come back   He'd find her flattened on the floor   And though I went and lived in my own hell   Thought that I could die as well   I let him go where he thought he had to go     'Cause I never took   Heavy words for granted   And I never took   Undeserved advantage   No I never took   The easy way   So why don't you take it a little easy on me now?     Out on the road   I had so many questions   I thought I would explode   Just for some attention   Like an acolyte   I saw the flames of towering tapers   Almost proselytized by those gleaming piles of paper   Yeah I watched their power huddles   And their coats draped over puddles   And their, "trust me baby, I'm the one you need"     But I never took   Heavy words for granted   And I never took   Undeserved advantage   No I never took   The easy way   So why don't you take it a little easy on me now?     Cause we don't want to be the ones   Who lie, cheat, and slander   So we hold each other up to a higher standard   But I'll tell you what   I never try to make it hard   Because when your hard   Just to be hard   The only thing that's hard is you     So here's what I took   I kept the wine and laughter   Until every pack   It just grew up and ever after   Yeah, through the peaks and twisty canyons   I made many great companions   Best of all is the one who loves me like you do     But I never took   Heavy words for granted   And I never took   Undeserved advantage   No I never took   The easy way   So why don't you take it a little easy on me now?     'Cause I never took   Heavy words for granted   And it's much too late   To even want the shortcut   Yeah I never took   The easy way   So you can take it a little easy on me now.   Because we know that easy is never easy anyhow.