Make It Look Easy - David Wilcox

A bright kite he’s hangin' from

Jon rides a glider above the clouds

He stepped off Haleakala

Ten thousand feet above the ground

High up over the mountain snow

He rides the air up high and thin

Tell us now, we gotta know:

How do you get to where you’ve been?

Because you make it look easy

You make it look easy, easy

«Fun river to run,» she said

Class 5 rapids is what she means

Weave through the boulders in one thin line

No room to eddy-out between

A 20-foot high falling wall

You ride it down like easy fun

What’s the trick to falls that tall?

How do you do the things you’ve done?

Because you make it look easy

You make it look easy, easy

Really it’s driving long distance

Dialing in the gear

Studying the balance

Quieting the fear

All the hard landings

Teach you how to fall

But what do you get

For getting through it all?

You can’t keep it in a camera

Not a trophy on a shelf

Not a tale to tell the children

Not a way to prove yourself

It’s much bigger than we are

Can’t claim it as your own

But you’ve got to climb that mountain

To find your way back home

That’s how you make it look easy

You make it look easy, easy

Mud enduros and motocross

Dishwashing money to buy my gas

Late at night in the cold garage

Building the engine that moved my past

Sliding out of the perfect turn

To hook up the traction just in time

Skip the second half of the double jump

Chase it right down to the finish line

That’s how you make it look easy

You make it look easy, easy

Really it’s driving long distance

Dialing in the gear

Studying the balance

Quieting the fear

All the hard landings

All the tough breaks

Learning all of your lessons

Making all the mistakes

That’s how you make it look easy

You make it look easy, easy

Make it look easy

Make it look easy, easy ----

Hear the sound of the rushing wheels

Fly by in a gust of wind

A bright colored flock of steel

Stampede as the race begins

Later on up the winding climb

You break away and shake the pack

You made your move at the perfect time

Over your shoulder they’re off the back

That’s how you make it look easy, easy, easy…

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