The only album to date is A Friend of a Friend, released in November 2009. Rawlings recorded the album in Nashville, and produced it himself. Co-writers and musicians on the album include Welch, members of Old Crow Medicine Show, Bright Eyes, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
"It's hard to believe A Friend of a Friend is David Rawlings' first album under his own name."
- Paste Magazine
It's Too Easy
Dave Rawlings Machine Lyrics
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Gonna lie here on my back
It's too easy
It's too easy to feel good
Bootleg whiskey all the time
Ain't no reason to decline
It's too easy
It's too easy to feel good
Used to worry bout' tomorrow
Now I don't care, baby even if I should
Gamblers shuffling their cards
I don't know why they work so hard
It's too easy
It's too easy to feel good
(Violin instrumental)
I might pawn my watch and chain
I might sleep out in the rain
It's too easy
Its to easy to feel good
Do you miss me and my songs?
I bet you hardly know I'm gone
It's too easy
It's too easy to feel good
I spent Christmas night in jail
I've been gone out on the trail
So I packed my bags And vanished in the wood
Just a one room country shack
Gonna lie here on my back
It's too easy
It's too easy to feel good
(Violin instrumental)
It's too easy
It's too easy too feel good
It's too easy
It's too easy too feel good
The song "It's Too Easy" by Dave Rawlings Machine paints a picture of a simple, carefree life in a country shack. The singer is lying on his back, enjoying the bootleg whiskey that is always available to him. He muses that his life is but a dream and he no longer worries about tomorrow, even if he probably should. The gamblers shuffling their cards nearby are working too hard, because feeling good is too easy. The singer contemplates pawning his watch and chain and sleeping in the rain - it's all too easy to feel good. He questions whether anyone misses him or his songs and decides it doesn't matter because feeling good is too easy. Despite spending Christmas night in jail and being on the road, the singer has found peace in a one-room country shack. The song ends with two instrumental breaks, the final one emphasizing the refrain that it's too easy to feel good.
Line by Line Meaning
Just a one room country shack
Living in a small and simple shelter in the countryside.
Gonna lie here on my back
Planning to rest and be idle.
It's too easy
Things are too simple and effortless.
It's too easy to feel good
Feeling good and satisfied is too easy to achieve.
Bootleg whiskey all the time
Drinking illegal alcohol frequently.
Ain't no reason to decline
There's no good reason to refuse or abstain.
Oh this life is but a dream
This existence is comparable to a passing illusion.
Used to worry bout' tomorrow
Formerly anxious about what happens in the future.
Now I don't care, baby even if I should
Presently indifferent, although there might be reason to worry.
Gamblers shuffling their cards
People who bet money playing with their randomly arranged cards.
I don't know why they work so hard
Unsure why they put much effort when winning is left to chance.
I might pawn my watch and chain
Selling or using valuable possessions as collateral for money.
I might sleep out in the rain
Possibly sleeping exposed to precipitation.
Do you miss me and my songs?
Do you long for me and the music that I make?
I bet you hardly know I'm gone
I'm confident you aren't aware I'm absent.
I spent Christmas night in jail
I celebrated Christmas incarcerated.
I've been gone out on the trail
I've been travelling or wandering.
So I packed my bags And vanished in the wood
I gathered my belongings and disappeared in the forest.
It's too easy
Things are too simple and effortless.
It's too easy too feel good
Feeling good and satisfied is too easy to achieve.
It's too easy
Things are too simple and effortless.
It's too easy too feel good
Feeling good and satisfied is too easy to achieve.
Contributed by Camilla E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
brendo thedude
I remember playing this song on stage with a band from Arkansas called Arkansauce, they killed it!
felpin
Sounds like the Rolling Stones doing a bluegrass song.
tytom33
Yeah Buddy!!