No one knew you back in high school
Now you're barely twenty-two
You had your whole entire life ahead of you
Left town on the Greyhound
'Cause there's no love where you grew up
They always told you
You were never good enough

But why oh why are you making it
Are you making it so hard?

Be easy on yourself
Be easy on yourself
Be easy on yourself
'Cause nobody's been easy on you

To leave it all behind
You didn't need to travel far
You may have lost yourself
But you found yourself a bar
Yeah, you got some boys
You were an easy choice
But you didn't seem to mind
You got attention and you didn't care what kind

But why oh why are you making it
Are you making it so hard?

Be easy on yourself
Be easy on yourself
Be easy on yourself
'Cause nobody's been easy on you

You started selling everything from a corner anywhere
You got nothing to lose
And you're too young to care
Well, the men in blue, yeah, they searched you
And you knew you were going down
You'd rather die than deal with word getting around

But why oh why are you making it
Are you making it so hard?

Be easy on yourself
Be easy on yourself
Be easy on yourself
'Cause nobody's been easy on you

Be easy on yourself
'Cause nobody's been easy on you