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| Taken from the October 29-30, 1976: "The Jungle Room, Graceland, Memphis," the lyrics to the song, "It's Easy For You," seemed to capture Elvis's plight perfectly: that of a man forced to face the loss of his wife, his new love, even his reason for living. Linda Thompsom, Elvis's steady companion since his separation four years ago, was in the process of disentangling herself from Elvis's life, convinced it was a situation she would never be able to control. For all her hope and effort she knew she couldn't live with the extremely difficult man Elvis Presley had become, and she would leave within the next few weeks. More alarming still was Elvis's alienation from some of his oldest associates, in particular his longtime friend Red West. In the past it had always been Red, along with Charlie Hodge, to whom Elvis looked for musical interaction, and Red West had written several of the songs that came closet to expressing Elvis's most personal feelings. But Red and his cousin Sonny had been fired in July, and while in the past such fallings-out passed in a matter of weeks or days, now the pair had decided to make the break permanent: Bitter over their firing, they were writing a book that would reveal the hidden dark side of the star's life. On that October night, with the world crumbling around him, Elvis recited a line from the Webber and Rice song: "I had a wife, and I had children. I threw them all away." Then he added, "I get carried away very easily, Emotional SOB." In one rare moment of self-effacing realism, he acknowledged his attraction to all those sad songs, and the vicious circle of depression in which he had locked himself. Nevertheless, Elvis was in a good enough humor to laugh at a few false starts from the band: "We need a red light in here," he quipped, "like in a whorehouse, so these guys will be playing better." From the book "The Complete Recording Sessions" by Ernst Jorgensen |
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| You may not mind that it's over But I've a different point of view Even though I am shattered It's easy for you You don't have to face the music You don't have to face the crowd Just go back where you came from You ain't even proud I had a wife and I had children I threw them all away And now you tell me, you dare to tell me I should go back to them What do you think I should say I found it hard to leave them Saddest thing I ever had to do My problems haven't started And it's easy for you I had a wife and I had children I threw them all away And now you tell me, you dare to tell me I should go back to them What do you think, what on earth do you think I should say If you ever tire of the good life Call me in a year or two I've got no choice, I'll forgive you 'Cause it's easy for you You only have to call me, it's easy for you You only have to call me, it's easy for you Recorded: 1976/10/29, first released on Moody Blue Words & music: Andrew Lloy Webber/ Tim Rice |
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