We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Easy Come Easy Go

by Patrick Norton

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $7 USD  or more

     

  • A VERY limited edition of 100 records have been pressed. On 12" clear vinyl, with a gorgeous cover printed on thick cotton paper with an old-school letterpress. Custom illustration by Rachel Eva (www.workofmyhands.com) and printing by Daniel Heff (www.clovestpress.com). Comes with a poly-lined sleeve in a resealable bag to keep your record safe. AND you get a free copy of the CD and an immediate download of the entire album! Half of these are already gone... don't wait too long...

    Includes unlimited streaming of Easy Come Easy Go via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 100 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $25 USD or more 

     

  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    A beautifully designed 4-panel "eco-wallet" (basically looks like a mini-record dust jacket!) Perfect for playing in your Mazda Miata or on the boombox at the beach or at work or anywhere. Also makes a nice gift. Of course, you get an immediate download of the whole album too! Shrink-wrapped. For fun.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Easy Come Easy Go via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 2 days
    edition of 1000 
    Purchasable with gift card

      $10 USD or more 

     

1.
EASY COME EASY GO Well I got my list of things to do but you're always on my mind There're stoplights on the boulevard, yeah I'm good at wasting time I've wrestled with the God of love and I know he's on our side Easy come, easy go, but darlin' we'll be fine A quarter tank of gas and seven dollars in my hand I guess I'll buy some cigarettes and walk wherever I can My payday came a month too late, now I'm a skinnier man Easy come, easy go, yeah that's the law of the land Well I heard that life's too short to sit around deciding what to do But I wonder if those people ever find out what is true A dime is like a nickel but it's smaller and times two Easy come, easy go, and I'd spend them all on you Now everyone's concerned with how they're going to shrivel and die I've faith enough to laugh and sing and courage not to cry I may have fouled up girl but at least I did not lie Easy come, easy go, but it's foolish not to try If time is friends with death I'm gonna rob him just the same And torture him till he agrees to tell me his real name I'm sick and tired of playing his old usual cruel game Easy come, easy go, yeah that's the devil's way So say a prayer and send me luck and bid me a farewell I promise not to buy, girl will you promise not to sell I may or may not see you soon, it's too early to tell Easy come, easy go, I hope that you are well
2.
I ONLY HAVE TIME I only have time I only have time You can stare at me all night I have never lost a fight Or been in one, yeah But I'm givin' it some time Givin' it some time I only have time I only have time You must think I have it made Because I never seem afraid When I'm around you, yeah But I'm givin' it some time Givin' it some time And while busses and trains sail away My records and tapes all will play songs Of love that will stay awake And wait through the night, yeah I only have time I only have time It's the last thing I should say When I'm old and it's getting late I have waited long for this Haven't I struggled hard for this Love is easy But I'm givin' it some time Givin' it some time I’m givin' it some time Givin' it some time
3.
JUST GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY Just give it one more try Just give it one more try Maybe she will change today When everything else remains the same Just give it one more try Just give it one more try Maybe she will change her mind With nothing really on the line Just give it one more try Just give it one more try You try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her You try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Forget about yourself Forget about yourself Just give it one more try Just give it one more try There is nothing you can do That anyone expects you to Just give it one more try Just give it one more try You’re a modern tragedy Is it hope or insanity Just give it one more try Just give it one more try You try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her You try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Forget about yourself Forget about yourself Leave your heart out on the shelf Like an open book that she might find some day Write a letter, make it real Then burn it with your sorrow and your shame Pack your bags and send your boxes Over to the west coast take a train Sing a song that she can feel And pray that she might venture out your way Just give it one more try Just give it one more try You try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her You try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Try your best to always please her Forget about yourself Forget about yourself What about yourself What about yourself
4.
IF WE RAN AGROUND Summer has gone and fall is running late We’re getting tired of the wait We’d like to see leaves under our feet We search for you in the street Where did you go, so far away A new army dies in the skies every day If we ran aground, would there be a sound I’m not even sure that you’re around We’re losing touch, or at least that’s how I feel We just keep spinning the wheel The way that we are loving has lost it’s appeal It’s not like that in the deal Why have you gone, and inspired this song We look to the hills, to the seas, and beyond If we ran aground, would there be a sound I’m not even sure that you’re around You tell us to ask, then that is all we do And we sit around and wait to hear from you We search for a sign, when we haven’t got a clue You’ve told us what we’re supposed to be up to How have we strayed, so far away And where is the faith to call down fire and rain If once we were lost, but now we are found Then why do we stumble as if bound And why are we so underground I’m not even sure that you’re around
5.
I WISH YOU THE BEST Oh, and I wish you would come and sit down next to me Oh, and I wish you were in my life and not just in my dreams Oh, and I wish you the best this year Oh, and I wish you peace and rest my dear Don’t go down the road Where I found you Drowning in your tears Don’t go down the road Where I found you Swallowed by your fears Should old acquaintance be forgot... Oh, and I wish it was your voice that I could wake up to Oh, and I wish there was some way I could stop thinking about you Oh, and I wish you the best this year Oh, and I wish you peace and rest my dear Don’t go down the road Where I found you Drowning in your tears Don’t go down the road Where I found you Swallowed by your fears Should old acquaintance be forgot...
6.
HE’S STILL STANDING There is trouble to be had With that double life you lead But come on sister don’t be sad You got a new old book to read And I’m the one, the cameo in the middle Who draws his gun just a little Too late and some, they call him a riddle For in the midnight sun, he’s still standing There’s a place I’d rather be A sugar-coated mystery Where dreams don’t grow on money trees But so far it’s eluded me They say it’s found when you’re not looking You’re only bound by your backwards thinking It’s underground, where the poor man’s working He don’t make a sound, but he’s still standing There’s a story in my head I haven’t seen the ending yet But it’s filmed in black and white and red All the other colors I forget And I’m the one, the cameo in the middle Who draws his gun just a little Too late and some, they call him a riddle For in the midnight sun, he’s still standing
7.
DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT IT I've said it time and again It was a crime and a sin To be with me the way you were and then Wind up with that sad excuse of a man And fall in with that careless way you know that he lives But now I'm over all that I'm doing fine now in fact I'm glad that I got to meet you and such I thought you'd like to know And that's why I'm telling you so But I don't really think about it that much No, I don't really think about it that much No, I don't really think about you that much

credits

released November 30, 2011

Produced by Patrick Norton
Written, performed, & recorded by Patrick Norton
Percussion on "I Wish You The Best" by Cole Petersen
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering in Boston, MA
Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice
© 2011 Patrick Norton Music

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Patrick Norton San Diego, California

I, Patrick Norton, write songs and play them for people in San Diego, CA. Folks say my story-telling tunes are at once nostalgic and relatable. But it feels weird to say that about myself. Who writes their own bio anyway? When not making music happen, I'm usually fooling around with old cameras, record players, rusty typewriters, and dusty books, while drinking coffee or other craft beverages. ... more

contact / help

Contact Patrick Norton

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Patrick Norton, you may also like: