Take It Easy on Me

I'm a little girl don't take up much space

But I'm trying to figure out my place

I go this way that way-I make a mess

Seeking out the world with a child's finesse

And I'm a teenage boy on the awkward side

And you hurt my heart never mind my pride

When you bully me for who I am

I'm just finding my way to the promised man

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

And I'm a grown woman my eyes sore

Watching love smash to the floor

The biggest shards I've swept aside

But dust remains to break my stride

And I'm a broken man inside my head

And I can't remember what you said

And words to me slip from my grasp

So I mumble just to fill the gap

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Can't find a job I don't own a car

But you gotta eat no matter who you are

And dirt poor's not the same as dirt

And I'm trying to make this living work

And I've come from very far away

And I hope to find a better day

But your tongue trips my tongue flat

And I miss my home but I can't go back

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

"Take it easy on me" I say to the fool

Whose face I see in the rippled pool

It took so long recognizing myself

I dropped the prize that I once held

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me

Take it easy on me