I always hated when the Dead would play this song. So now I'll share it with you. The lyric isn't that bad... but... Bobby somehow makes it out worse than it is. We used to call this song "
Cheezy Answers."
Easy Answers - Track 7 of Rob Wasserman's album Trios
Lyrics: Robert Hunter, Bob Weir
Music: Bob Weir, Bob Bralove, Rob Wasserman, Vince Welnick
Reprinted with permissions: Ice Nine Publishing
Perfomed on the Trios disk by Weir, Wasserman and Neil Young.
Played by Bob Weir with the Dead from 1993 on and with Ratdog and Weir/Wasserman.
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Promises made in the dark dissolve by light of day
Easy answers
Ain't no saying what will be, it's always been that way
Only thing I know for sure, someone got to pay
Easy answers
Ain't no easy answers, is what I got to say
Easy answers
I don't wanna hear
Ain't nobody cares
C'mon let's go
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
Love is an easy word to say, roll's right off the tongue
Easy answers
Seems to crop up like a weed, in every song that's sung
It always sounds so easy, the way it falls upon the ear
Easy answers
Plenty easy answers now, listen to me here
Easy answers
Find 'em anywhere
Easy answers
Easy answers
Easy answers
Easy answers
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
Shut your eyes and listen to the colours of your mind
Easy answers
Give yourself a breath of air, let your soul unwind
Easy answers
You don't have to say a word, you got dick to say
'Cause no-one ever said there's gonna be an easy way
Easy answers
Find them anywhere
Easy answers
Ain't nobody care
Easy answers
I don't wanna know
Easy answers
I don't wanna know
Easy answers
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
Promises made in the dark dissolve by light of day
Easy answers
Ain't no saying what we'll be, it's always been that way
Only thing I know for sure, someone got to pay
Easy answers
Ain't no easy answers, that's all I got to say
Easy answers
Easy answers
I don't wanna hear
Easy answers
Easy answers
Ain't nobody there
Easy answers
Easy answers
C'mon now, let's go
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
I don't wanna know
Easy answers
Easy answers
Feel alright
Easy answers
Easy answers
Feel alright
Easy answers
Easy answers