it don't come easy you know it don't come easy gotta pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues and you know it don't come easy you don't have to shout or leap about you can even play them easy forget 'bout the past and all your sorrow you jump on past it will soon be your tomorrow i don't ask for much i only want it first and you know it don't come easy and this love of mine keeps growing all the time and you know it just ain't easy it don't come easy you know it don't come easy i don't ask for much i only want it first and you know it don't come easy open up your heart let's come together use a little love and we will make it work out better gotta pay your dues if you wanna sing the blues and you know it don't come easy you don't have to shout or leap about you can even play them easy it don't come easy you know it don't come easy