Goin' Up's Easy, Comin' Down's Hard Lyrics - Bobby Bare

Remember the nights we would jam in the motels 

After the honky tonks closed 

No one had credit 

And no one had no place to go. 

Just crazy kids with 'lectric machines 

And some soul 

Turnin' them crowds on 

By playin' some loud rock'n roll. 

Then came the man with a suit and a tie 

And the promise of contracts and bread 

With all our joy he gave us to fame and fortune 

That left us half dead. 

Goin' up's easy 

When you got the song 

That comes from the depth of the soul 

Where it really belongs. 

Comin' down's hard when you find 

That you just can't sing it no more 

Your emerald ring with the solid gold band 

Reflects back the face of a whore. 

Freddie would play on his guitar all day 

And sometimes his firgers would bleed 

Sam would ride on his drum 

Like a magnificent steed. 

Ben on the bass would make the thunder 

And the lighting with love 

And I'd sing the lyric of life 

That I felt the part of. 

Then came the money and Freddie dropped out 

To start him a band of his own 

Sam bought a frenchise and Bennie OD'd 

And I'm soon the label alone. 

Goin' up's easy 

When you got the song 

That comes from the depth of the soul 

Where it really belongs. 

Goin' up's easy 

When you got the song 

That comes from the depth of the soul 

Where it really belongs...