Let me down easy if you must go
Why not deceive me it won't hurt me so
Truth is so painful tell me a lie
Let me down easy and I'll get by
Let me down easy for old time's sake
Is it too much to ask when my heart's gonna break
I'm bound to lose you I'm bound to cry
Oh let me down easy and I'll get by

[ guitar ]
Let me down easy..

Let me down easy
all your love for me is all gone
Let me down easy
since you feel to stay is wrong
I know it's all over
but the last goodbye
Let me down easy
When you pass by me
say hello once in a while
When you pass by me baby baby
does it hurt so much to smile
We promised that we'd still be friends
till the very end
I'm begging you baby please
let me down easy
I remember our first time
it was so nice dear
I never thought we'd have to part
but now it's all over
but the last goodbye
I'm telling you baby please
let me down easy
let me down easy
let me down easy
Don't turn your back on me so fast
let me down easy
please
please
please
please
let me down easy
please

Here she comes
Don't say anything

At first you smile, then turn away
I've been thinking of what I should say
All last night I stayed up dreaming,
I'm still dreaming
I look at you, I'm just a guy
I know my place but still I'll try
You must be tired of people asking,
But I'm still asking
Please. Oh, please let me down easy
Please, just let me down easy

Don't you hear my heart is calling
You don't know how hard I've fallen for you

Another day, you're passing by
Today's the day I'm gonna try
You don't know how much I'm hoping, how I'm hoping
Please. Oh, please let me down easy
Please just let me down easy

Can't you hear my heart is calling
You don't know how hard I've fallen for you

If you told me to follow you know I'd fly to you,
Here I go, I may fall but I will try
So please, let me down easy
Please, just let me down easy
Please, just let me down easy

If you want me to follow, you know I'll fly

Here she comes
Don't say anything

At first you smile, then turn away
I've been thinking of what I should say
All last night I stayed up dreaming,
I'm still dreaming
I look at you, I'm just a guy
I know my place but still I'll try
You must be tired of people asking,
But I'm still asking
Please. Oh, please let me down easy
Please, just let me down easy

Don't you hear my heart is calling
You don't know how hard I've fallen for you

Another day, you're passing by
Today's the day I'm gonna try
You don't know how much I'm hoping, how I'm hoping
Please. Oh, please let me down easy
Please just let me down easy

Can't you hear my heart is calling
You don't know how hard I've fallen for you

If you told me to follow you know I'd fly to you,
Here I go, I may fall but I will try
So please, let me down easy
Please, just let me down easy
Please, just let me down easy

If you want me to follow, you know I'll fly

Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
When I rest my weary head
After all my words are said
When my eyelids close with the weight of a hundred years
Please Let Me Down Easy Let Me Down Easy
My boat can slip away into a calmer sea
Let Me Down Easy
I know there'll be nothing to fear
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
My body slips away out into weightlessness
Let Me Down Easy
Now I know that there's nothing to fear
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
When I rest my aching heart
After it's been torn apart
When my tears have flowed on the tide of a hundred seas
Please Let Me Down Easy Let Me Down Easy
Affection slips away into my memory
Let Me Down Easy
There's a better time waiting for me
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy
Let Me Down Easy

She left her clothes in Kansas
Ever since we stepped on campus
Ever since she left her classes
So she could fill some glasses
She want a photograph
8 by 11 dreams
She's got that self-worth
She learned at 17

And I could work with that
Been working all week
She's been flirtin all night
Wishing she could own me
But I come with a lot of baggage
And a lot of ego, and a lot of fashion
Just give me that college magic
And I could probably make tonight pop
And she said:

Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight

She left her cares on the bedpost
Next to the lipstick and the mentos
Savian and a candy necklace
She goes to places her friends won't
She's in the backyard
Of her sorority
I'm thinking backseat
She's looking for the key

And I could work with that
Been working all month
She's been flirting all night
Lady I'm the wrong one
She said:

Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)

She was like who was that singing?
I was off in the back room drinking
Savin something thinkin nothing
When I heard my phone start ringin
But you know I can't pick it up
'Cause I'm not in love
And I just can't be with nobody's trust

She left her friends in high school
She's thinking why do I like you?
If I just make-do with a nice dude
I could make it to the white picket fence crew
But it just won't work like that
When I wake it's on the road
You could take me in your room
But you can't take me home
She said:

Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
(Stay with me)
Let me down easy, Or stay with me tonight
(Tonight tonight)

There's a little moonlight dancing on the sand
There's a warm breeze blowing by the ocean as you're taking my hand
You need to know where I'm standing now
That I'm right on the edge of giving into ya
Baby it's a long way down

If I fall, can you let me down easy?
If I leave my heart with you tonight
Will you promise me that you're gonna treat it right?
I'm barely hangin' on
If I fall, can you let me down easy?

The scent of your perfume floatin' in the air
You're looking like an angel lying on a blanket with a halo of hair
And those lips look too good to be true
Once I taste that kiss, I know what'll happen
I'll be at the mercy of you

If I fall, can you let me down easy?
If I leave my heart with you tonight
Will you promise me that you're gonna treat it right?
I'm barely hangin' on
If I fall, can you let me down easy?

If I fall, can you let me down easy?
If I leave my heart with you tonight
Will you promise me that you're gonna treat it right?
I'm barely hangin' on
If I fall, can you let me down easy?

If I fall, can you let me down easy?
Let me down easy, baby