I'm Easy Karaoke - Keith Carradine

"I'm Easy" was a popular music hit in 1976 in the United States. The song was featured in the movie Nashville, written and performed by Keith Carradine. "I'm Easy" won the Academy Award in 1976 for Best Original Song, in 1975, and the Golden Globe for Best Original Song (Motion Picture), in 1976.

I'm Easy Song Trivia

The song is often mistakenly associated with Jim Croce due to the similarity of Carradine's voice, vocal style and guitar playing, all of which bear strong similarity to Croce, who had died in a plane crash two years before Nashville was released.

"I'm Easy" was initially released as an acoustic guitar ballad, with a cello accompaniment. It was re-recorded by Carradine at a slightly faster tempo with the addition of percussion, keyboards and synthesizer accompaniment on Asylum Records. The album was issued late fall 1976.

The song is a ballad about a lover who is guileless and in awe of the object of his love. The film juxtaposes these lyrics by presenting the song in the context of a fictional character who is a manipulative womanizer. When Tom performs the song at the Exit/In (a real-life Nashville music club where the scene was shot), he dedicates it to "a special someone". Several women in the audience, recent and future conquests, believe the song has been written for them.

I'm Easy Song Lyrics

It's not my way to love you
just when no one's looking
It's not my way to take your hand
if I'm not sure

It's not my way to let you see
what's going on inside of me
When it's a love you won't be needing
you're not free

Please stop pulling at my sleeve
if you're just playing
If you won't take the things
you make me want to give

I never cared too much for games
and this one's driving me insane
You're not half as free to wander
as you claim

But I'm easy, I'm easy
Give the word and I'll play your game
So that's how it ought to be
Because I'm easy

Don't lead me on if there's nowhere
for you to take me
If loving you would have to be
a sometime thing

I can't put bars on my insides
My love is something I can't hide
It still hurts when I recall
the times I've cried

I'm easy, I'm easy
Take my hand and pull me down
I won't put up any fight
Because I'm easy

Don't do me favors, let me
watch you from a distance
'Cause when you're near, I find it
hard to keep my head

And when your eyes throw light at mine
it's enough to change my mind
Make me leave my cautious words
and ways behind

That's why I'm easy. Ya, I'm easy
Say you want me, I'll come running
Without taking time to think
Because I'm easy

Ya, I'm easy
Take my hand and pull me down
I won't put up any fight
Because I'm easy

Ya, I'm easy
Give the word, I'll play your game
So that's how it ought to be
Because I'm easy