Walk Easy My Son
Jerry Butler Lyrics

When I was a very small boy
Back when I was a young child

(Just a small boy)
I was still very young at this point

Looked through the cornfields
I remember staring at the cornfields

And wonder (oh, I wondered)
And I used to wonder

If every man had his own piece of land
If every person had their own land to live on

So he'd never know hunger
So they would never go hungry

Oh, the time quickly rode along
But time passed quickly

(Yes, it did now) I grew up
And before I knew it, I was all grown up

And I left home, Lord knows
I left my childhood home, and only God knows

I'm sorry I ever left
I regret leaving home

I see people starving to death
Because all around me, I see people who are starving

You walk easy, my son (easy)
My father gave me advice to take life easy

That's what my daddy said to me
My father told me this

Said, you be a man
He told me to be responsible

And you learn all you can
And to always keep learning

? And you'll be free
? And then you'll be a free man

Oh, I remember one rainy day back home
I have a memory of a rainy day back home

(I remember) Sally Brown's house
(I recall) Sally Brown's house

Burned down (yes, it did now) and
And unfortunately, it burned down

Everybody had to lend a helping hand
But thankfully, everyone came together to help

Folks came from miles around
People came from far away to help

They didn't do this
They didn't do this act of kindness

Expecting something in return
Expecting anything in return

They simply did it because they cared
They did it purely out of kindness

And these were the kind of folk
These were people who were

If they had anything at all
If they had anything to give

They were more than willing to share
They were happy to share it with others

And Daddy said, you walk easy, boy
And my father used to tell me to take life easy

(Walk easy) yeah, and when your
(Walk easy) and when life is hard

Trouble get to falling like rain
When problems seem to be raining down on you

(You gotta walk easy)
(You have to take it easy)

Hey, I want you to understand
I want you to know

You keep on stepping, man
To not give up and keep going

Cause it'll only bring you cold?
Because quitting will only lead to regret

And now that I'm out here
Now that I'm grown and not at home anymore

In this big old world
In this wide and vast world

I hear strange world like pollution
I hear things like pollution, things that are abnormal

And I see a man that needs
I witness a man in need of help

A helping hand have to go somewhere
But unfortunately, they have to go out of their way to find it

To find his own solution
To find an answer to their problems

Oh, my Lord, how this
Oh my God, how much this

Whole world had changed
The entire world has changed

I say, God, save us all
I pray that God saves everyone

Yeah, I hate the day that I ever came
I regret coming into this world

This world is heading
This world is going towards

For a great big fall
For a major disaster

And you walk easy, son (easy)
So my father's advice was to take it easy

Yeah, that's what my Daddy
That's what my father

Said to me, he said
Told me this advice once

You know you can't trust everyone
He warned me that not everyone is trustworthy

Cause it will only bring you misery
Because trusting everyone will lead to disappointment and pain

You walk easy, my son (easy)
So take it easy, that was his advice

And when your trouble get
When times are tough

To falling like rain, oh
When the problems keep coming

Don't you try to trust everybody, child
Don't trust everyone, my child

Cause it will only bring you pain
It will only bring you grief