we sat around the table and drank a bottle of wine and it poured around us like a moat till no one could get us and i was fine and i said haven t i paid my dues by now haven t i paid my dues by now haven t i paid my dues by now don t i get the right to choose and i choose you to take up all of my time i choose you because you re funny and kind i want easy people from now on chorus easy people easy people my house is full of empty rooms and broken frames and other people s stuff in my house we see by christmas lights and your tv and that seems to be enough to see what we want to see you let me be who i want to be and we ll be easy from now on from now on chorus why can t i be easy why can t i be easy like you for you i would give the songs i write the words i pray the morning light that pumps into this room today if you would only rise if you would only say i want you you take up all of my time i want you because you re funny and kind and we ll be easy from now on from now on chorus