Rags: The New American Musical: Easy for You

REBECCA Look mister, I came to this country to get away from trouble SAUL Well, lady, you came to the wrong place You should have come halfway to the middle of the ocean You jump in your trouble is gone Once you're here, you find out Troubles something you can't outrun The difference is back there you had to take it Here Here you get to make it If it's wrong you can fix it If you can't you can fight it If you don't like to fight you can learn Your faith needn't be blind here You can open your mind here See the light, better yet Help it burn REBECCA People like you back home, big talkers like yourself And they make trouble, yes, for everybody else You're always preaching what the rest of us should do Mister, it's Easy for you SAUL People like you, you wanna crawl inside a shell As long as you are safe, the rest can go to hell So what if life is hard for all except a few? You want it Easy for you Easy for you REBECCA Easy for you SAUL Long as you're warm and fed That's all you care about in life REBECCA What do you care about in life? You've got no family to protect SAUL Easy for you REBECCA Easy for you SAUL Go home and hide your head Be someone's mousy little wife REBECCA People like you, you're so quick to criticize None of the rest of us is worthy in your eyes Those fancy speeches with a noble point of view They're also Easy for you Easy for you SAUL Easy for you REBECCA To talk of sacrifice When you've got nothing you can lose SAUL So it's wrong, is it? Hell is wrong with it? REBECCA Easy for you SAUL Easy for you REBECCA To give me cheap advice When you're not standing in my shoes SAUL The rest of us can all turn blue REBECCA When making trouble comes I'll do BOTH Easy for you REBECCA People like him, what does it matter what they say? Why did I listen, I should laugh and walk away Not that I need to learn But David, he should know Hello, mister Where do you say that should go To learn English SAUL Now you're getting smart Now, lady, now We make a start, lady Pull your little comfy world apart, lady Smart lady Take those old ways and shake 'em up Break 'em down Come along with me, lady DAVID My new friend Saul takes us places every night Meeting and lectures where the people scream and fight Then Saul and Mama fight some more about it all I really like me new friend Saul SAUL David! If it's wrong DAVID You can fix it REBECCA Look at him SAUL If you can't DAVID You can fight it REBECCA Look at David SAUL If you don't like to fight SAUL AND DAVID You can learn REBECCA So much quicker than me See how his eyes are bright Burning with excitement Learning Saying things right out loud I'm still scared to think I'm still sorting out And my solid ground is reeling It's a very awful feeling This feeling of doubt But look at you David It's so easy for you Now it belongs to you Now it belongs to you