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Let Me Down Easy | ||||||||||||
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| Recording Artist: | Bryan Adams | ||||||||||||
| Writers: | Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance | ||||||||||||
| Date Written: | January 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Albums: | Reckless - 30th Anniversary Edition (November 2014) | ||||||||||||
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Bryan Adams: rhythm guitar, vocal Jim Vallance: percussion Keith Scott: rhythm guitar, lead guitar Tommy Mandel: keyboards Dave Taylor: bass Mickey Curry: drums |
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Produced by Bryan Adams and Bob Clearmountain. Recorded by Bob Clearmountain in April 1984 at Little Mountain Sound Studios, Vancouver Canada. Mixed in 2014 by Bob Clearmountain at Mix This, Pacific Palisades, California. Mastered by Bob Ludwig. |
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| Comments: | I'd forgotten that Bryan recorded this song in the spring and summer of 1984 during the "Reckless" sessions. When the time came to choose 12 tracks for the album, I'm guessing that "Let Me Down Easy" was number 13 and didn't make the final cut. Thirty years later Bryan included it as a "bonus track" on the Reckless 30th Anniversary Edition, released in November 2014. Better late than never! We originally wrote this song with Stevie Nicks in mind, but I don't know if she ever heard it? We were writing for a lot of people back then. Sometimes we got lucky (Tina Turner, Bonnie Raitt, Carly Simon) and sometimes not (Stevie Nicks). Things worked out in the end. The song found a "home" when Roger Daltrey included it on his 1985 album, "Under A Raging Moon". |
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| Lyrics: | Well I saw you on the avenue And as usual you're with someone new I guess there's nothing left for me to do but turn away I'm growing tired of all your alibis There ain't one that you can justify I ain't gonna take it anymore and I'll tell you why You think it doesn't show - I feel ya lettin’ go If you're gonna let me down let me down easy It's time we got it straight - you know it's hard to take If you're gonna let me down let me down easy We've been going through some changes And I'm well aware of all the dangers Sometimes you look at me so strange it leaves me cold Now you've gone and blown your cover I know all about your temporary lovers I ain't taking it another day and that's for sure You think it doesn't show - I feel ya lettin’ go If you're gonna let me down let me down easy It's time we got it straight you know it's hard to take If you're gonna let me down let me down easy Ah - when I look at you now I can't believe you're leaving All those years and you've got nothing to say You turn around and walk away If you're gonna let me down let me down easy If you're gonna let me down let me down easy Oh - you gonna let me down You gotta let me down - let me down easy Easy - oh |
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