Easy's Getting' Harder Every Day - Iris DeMent

Standing barefoot on a cold wood floor

Looking out the window of my back door

If it keeps on raining I think the whole damn house is gonna float away

The alarm was buzzing at the break of dawn

My husband’s asking, «Is the coffee on?»

And easy’s gettin' harder every day

I’ll drop the baby off at school at nine

And bust the lights to get to work on time

Where I’ll be staring at the clock just waiting to knock off another day

When supper’s done we’ll watch some TV show

Of a bunch of folks who’ve never heard of Idaho

Where easy’s gettin' harder every day

I had a garden but my flowers died

There ain’t much living here inside

Lately, I don’t know what I’m holding on to

Wished I could run away to Coeur d’Alene

Take nothing with me, not even my name

'Cause easy’s gettin' harder every day

We make love and then we kiss goodnight

He rolls over and he’s out like a light

But I ain’t mad about it, we got nothing to talk about anyway

The lights are blinking on the radio tower

And I lie awake and stare at them for hours and hours

'Cause easy’s gettin' harder every day

I had a garden but my flowers died

There ain’t much living here inside

And lately, I don’t know what I’m holding on to

But I’ll never make it up to Coeur d’Alene

There ain’t no chance of me forgetting my name

And easy’s gettin' harder every day

And it feels like easy just keeps on gettin' harder every day