IV. Confession - 3. Trope: “Easy”

Lyrics

[FIRST BLUES SINGER] Well, I went to the holy man and I confessed Look, I can beat my breast With the best And I'll say almost anything that gets me blessed Upon request It's easy to stay as cool as autumn rain You start by sweeping standards down the well-known drain Then swap your zeal For nerves of steel It's so easy and you feel no pain [SECOND ROCK SINGER] I don't know where to start There are scars I could show If I opened my heart But how far, Lord, but how far can I go? I don't know [SECOND BLUES SINGER] If you ask me to love you on a bed of spice Now that might be nice Once or twice But don't look for sacraments or sacrifice They'rе not worth the price It's easy to keep thе flair in your affair Your body's always ready, but your soul's not there Don't be nonplussed Come love, come lust It's so easy when you just don't care [THIRD ROCK SINGER] What I need I don't have What I have I don't own What I own I don't want What I want, Lord I don't know [THIRD BLUES SINGER] If you ask me to sing you verse that's versatile I'll be glad to beguile you For a while But don't look for content beneath the style Sit back and smile It's easy to criticize and beat my jive But hard to deny how neatly I survive And what could give More positive Plain proof that living is easy when you're half alive [THREE ROCK SINGERS & THREE BLUES SINGERS] If I could I'd confess (Easy) Good and loud, nice and slow, slow (Easy) [CHOIR] Beatam Mariam semper Virginem (Precor) Beatum Michaelem Archangelum (Ideo precor) Beatum Joannem Baptistam (Precor) Sanctos Apostolos Petrum et Paulum (Ideo precor) Omnes sanctos et vos, fratres Orare pro me Ad Dominum Deum nostrum Dominum Deum nostrum [THREE ROCK SINGERS, THREE BLUES SINGERS & DESCANT] What I say I don't feel What I feel I don't show What I show isn't real What is real, Lord? I don't know, no, no, no I don't know [FIRST ROCK SINGER] Come on, Lord, if you're so great Show me how, where to go Show me now, I can't wait Maybe it's too late, Lord I don't know [FIRST BLUES SINGER] Confiteor [CELEBRANT, spoken] God forgive you [CHOIR, spoken] God forgive us all [CELEBRANT, spoken] God be with you [CHOIR, spoken] And with your spirit [CELEBRANT, spoken] Let us pray