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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Easy Come, Easy Go Crazy

Life used to be hard

And that’s how we liked it

So much that we used to say

Hurry up and wait

In the understanding that

The waiting is the hardest part

But also, in faith

That it was all worth the wait

Life is still hard

But we’ve made it easy to forget that

That’s how we liked it

So, now we just

Hurry up and hate

Because obviously

The hating is the easiest part–

The hard part is remembering that

Since nothing comes easy

We’re left with nothing

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