I'm Easy Like Sunday Morning
Jessie Hock Orchestra Lyrics


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Know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain
Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow
Seem to me, girl you know I've done all I can
You see I begged, stole and I borrowed

That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like sunday morning

Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?
I've paid my dues to make it
Everybody wants me to be one thing they want me to be
I'm not happy when I try to fake it

That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like sunday morning

I wanna be high, so high
I wanna be free to know the things I do are right
I wanna be free, just me
Oh babe

That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like sunday morning
That's why I'm easy
I'm easy like sunday morning
Easy
I'm easy like sunday morning




It's when I'm easy
Easy like sunday morning

Overall Meaning

The Jessie Hock Orchestra's song I'm Easy Like Sunday Morning is a composition of smooth jazz, R&B, and rock. The lyrics express the singer's desire for liberation and transparency in a relationship. The opening lines 'Know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain/Girl, I'm leaving you tomorrow' reveal that the singer is unable to conceal his anguish any longer, and he is set on ending the relationship. He has, however, done all he could to salvage the relationship; he begged, borrowed, and stole to make it work, but to no avail.


The song's chorus 'That's why I'm easy/I'm easy like Sunday morning' seems to convey the singer's state of mind when he feels free and unburdened. He admits that he's not cut out for pretending to be someone he's not to please others. He feels chained by society's expectations of how he should conduct himself, and he wants to live life on his own terms. The last verse 'I wanna be high, so high/I wanna be free to know the things I do are right/I wanna be free, just me/Oh babe' further emphasizes his need for independence and authenticity.


Line by Line Meaning

Know it sounds funny but I just can't stand the pain
Although it may sound strange, I cannot tolerate the emotional agony caused by our relationship anymore.


Girl I'm leaving you tomorrow
I have decided to end our relationship and will be departing from you tomorrow.


Seem to me, girl you know I've done all I can
I believe that I have exhausted all of my efforts to make this relationship work, and you understand that as well.


You see I begged, stole and I borrowed
I have gone to great lengths, even to the point of borrowing and stealing, in order to salvage our relationship.


That's why I'm easy I'm easy like sunday morning
The reason why I feel relaxed and carefree like a Sunday morning is because I have decided to end this painful relationship.


Why in the world would anybody put chains on me?
I do not understand why anyone would impose restrictions or limitations on me, as I have already demonstrated my commitment.


I've paid my dues to make it
I have put in the necessary work and paid the dues required to achieve success in life.


Everybody wants me to be one thing they want me to be
Everyone has their own expectations of who I should be, trying to mold me into their idealized version of myself.


I'm not happy when I try to fake it
I am not content when I pretend to be someone I am not in order to satisfy others.


I wanna be high, so high I wanna be free to know the things I do are right I wanna be free, just me Oh babe
I desire to experience a sense of liberation and to pursue my own interests in the way I see fit, without feeling weighed down by external expectations or constraints.


Easy I'm easy like sunday morning It's when I'm easy Easy like sunday morning
This repeated refrain emphasizes the singer's newfound ease and tranquility in their decision to leave behind the pain and restrictions of their past relationship.




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