Lyrics to
No Easy Way Down

This version of No Easy Way Down was released by Carole King in 1970.

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Your toy balloon has sailed in the sky
But now it must fall to the ground
Now your sad eyes reveal
Just how badly you feel
‘Cause there is no easy way down

The view from the cliffs must have been exciting
And up to the peaks you were bound
Now you’re stranded alone
And the path is unknown
And there is no easy way down

No, it isn’t very easy
When you’re left on your own
No, it isn’t very easy
When each road you take
Is one more mistake
And there’s no one to break your fall
And lead you back home

We all like to climb to the heights, I know
Where our fantasy world can be found
But you must know in the end
When it’s time to descend
There is no easy way down

You know you’re gonna find
There is no easy way down

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Carole King has released many songs over the years besides No Easy Way Down. Carole King released songs from 1968 to 2005 spanning across albums like Now That Everything's Been Said, Writer, Tapestry, Music, Rhymes & Reasons, Fantasy, Wrap Around Joy, Really Rosie, Thoroughbred, Simple Things, Welcome Home, Touch The Sky, Pearls: Songs Of Goffin And King, One To One, Speeding Time, City Streets, Colour Of Your Dreams, Love Makes The World, and The Living Room Tour. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Carole King.

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About Lyrics and No Easy Way Down by Carole King

The lyrics to No Easy Way Down are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Carole King used when the song was created in 1970. The lyrics to No Easy Way Down have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Carole King and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to No Easy Way Down by Carole King. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to No Easy Way Down" means the words set to the music of No Easy Way Down, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Carole King. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to No Easy Way Down and the lyrics to No Easy Way Down are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Carole King who came here looking just for the lyrics to No Easy Way Down, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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