David Bowie - It Ain't Easy Lyrics

And just like that I'm 17 smoking weed in my room rockin' to this album!

Rick Wakeman plays the harpsichord in this one ;)

these go out to stargirl the practical witch

love it

Thank you David!

I don't know. Sorry, I love Bowie, but this song and Rock n Roll Star are too Elton Johnny for my taste. Rest of the album is top notch.

I don't know why David included this song on the LP. It was the only track I used to skip (no disrespect to Ron Davies) - it is a good song but just didn't feel part of the Ziggy vibe.

Bowie 4 Ever!

Brilliant album. Great piece of it. Bravo ⚘

Ron Davies composition

"Lets try 1000 shrooms" .... need Ziggy.... "microdots vs blotters" best put Ziggy on " Peyote Mescalin and E" gotta find my Ziggy tape, ahhhhhhh there it is. "Try this stinky weed its new. pisses all over Thai and Columbian"....Cor Ziggy sounds awesome... Thank you Mr Spaceman for guiding me through all my best psychedelic experianzas. I adore his post ziggy 70s/80s cool output and relish the 6ts experiments but this behemoth slab of aural perfection will always simply BE! (isn't there a copy in space or summats?) Team with a Diamond Dogs/Hunky Dory blagette if times on your side and the stash tins packed :O)

satisfaction, satisfaction......keep me satisfied.

Such a great cover version.

It can never be duplicated

This song gives me serious Zeppelin vibes. Can definitely picture Plant singing and Page wailing away on that guitar during the chorus. Anyone else?

it aint easy to get to heaven when your're going down

mont le le blanc
michel my bell

Ziggy!!!🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

The universalist's freak. Welcome in anyone's house.

The voice

Geilomeilo

never get sick of Bowie. such a classic.

bowie was a interrgalactic rock star i saw him in 83 serious moonlight tour glass spider tour a gig at sheperds bush and live aid there wont ever be another like him rip david

A masterpiece...

That very very first second, reminds me of "Checking My Machine" by Paul McCartney - he really was obsessed with electronic instruments lol!

I love this song. I haven't heard it in ages.

Great number, from a great album, from a great artist.

love zep. love david more happy trails my lovers

lord...that voice

When you climb to the top of the mountain
Look out over the sea
Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be
Then you jump back down to the rooftops
Look out over the town
Think about all of the strange things circulating round

It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down

Well all the people have got their problems
That ain't nothing new
With the help of the good Lord
We can all pull on through
We can all pull on through
Get there in the end
Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again

It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down

Satisfaction, satisfaction
Keep me satisfied
I've got the love of a hoochie koochie woman
She calling from inside
She's a-calling from inside
Trying to get to you
All the woman really wants you can give her something too

It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down

79 elvis fans

prime bowie im 58 still bop my head to this one

This sounds like the beatles

"When you climb to the top of the mountain, look out over the sea, look out at the places we have where a young man could be" that songwriting philosophy is not as simple as ole David Bowie made it look. Beauty /clap.

David didnt write this song. It was written by American composer Ron Davies

Same, same James Osterberg as a "once in a lifetime" - one of Bowie's heroes - and those that came before him. I'm digging Chopin, always. Yeah, I like Bowie but "once in a lifetime?" Hmmm. It's all rock 'n roll. Go outside the 12 bar, see what you will find, my kidliwinks xxx Mistress

I vote one of the best albums ever made

My first Bowie album, such a great record!

WTF url video

So James Brown it's better than James Brown.

When you climb to the top of the mountain
Look out over the sea
Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be
Then you jump back down to the rooftops
Look out over the town
Think about all of the strange things circulating round
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down
Well all the people have got their problems
That ain't nothing new
With the help of the good Lord
We can all pull on through
We can all pull on through
Get there in the end
Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down
Satisfaction, satisfaction
Keep me satisfied
I've got the love of a hoochie koochie woman
She calling from inside
She's a-calling from inside
Trying to get to you
All the woman really wants you can give her something too
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down

It ain'T easy

They weren't kidding, it ain't easy

One of my favorites!
"All a woman really wants is if you give her something too..."

Amazing album, every time I go back to it I love it all over again. RIP not only Bowie but Mick Ronson (guitar and many things on this album) and Trevor Bolder (bass)

Best version ever 😊 yes even better than Dennis Watermans! And he could be so good for you... ✌

Lived with the era ...👌

Ray Davies of the Kinks wrote this gem

wrong, Ron Davies wrote this song.

It wasn't until recently if found out this was a Bowie cover tune. I always though he wrote it and I've been listening to him for 40 years. Gotta love the internet.....sometimes

0:02 yiff

it aint easy choosin my all time top 20 vinyl albums, but this is from 1 of them, Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

If you dont like this song why do you watch this video, the 40 people who dislike this?

49 people dont like this. they just had to tell us though

wtf do people have to dislike. just dont listen. rip david

How can you be this good? Honest....

Such a great cover version.

Great cover of the Long John Baldry tune....

satan saves ziggy stardust and the fckn spiders from mars

I found this tape when I was younger and I can still take the ride any time thank you David Bowie!

zdarof ka tu

Bowie de grootste die er ooit is geweest in de Muziek .

I'm here cuz Phish!

So this is where Jack White got his sound.

The White Stripes had a bass player. He was Jack White

14ohya
Ok that was really good.

Thelucidbohemian actually it's more Zeppelin

Sorry ? Who ?

Absolutely wonderful cover version.

I 💟THIS version more! 😊

John Stallings way more

turnbull cyn hac hights to whitter hwy 39 to coast

Rick fucking Wakeman everybody !

Man in the sky,
why did u have to die,

Livin on drugs and dairy,
Life was too hard to carry,

but then u came along,
u cured everything wrong,

god bless your soul,
u made everyone feel full,

with your beauty and grace, everyone went to chase,

u had to go,
everyone called "no!"

u went away just as u came, with beauty and grace, and blessed with the name,

David Bowie."

Although I will never be as great as a song writer as David Bowie, i will cherish his greatness with the little skill i have.

OddMuch beautiful, David deserves it

OddMuch if Bowie took drugs, regularly??? He, too much, had his eye on the main chance.....

Things don't hafta rhyme, son...

Oddmuch, that was beautiful. I would like to quote you on that bit of prose. I am a published writer (under an homage), and a huge Bowie fan, would you mind if used this? E-mail me at [email protected] if you don't mind. If the book I use your quote in sells, I will make you get some type of royalty, Randol®™. That is a certified Randol promise. My last name is synonymous with honesty, fidelity, and fortitude. Hope to hear from you soon, and if you have more art, I would love to read it. ✌💚

My fav BOWIE album

Janice Owens adored the man

Janice Owens Mine too :)

EVERYONE'S fav Bowie album.

Janice Owens me too.....how i love Him !!!! All my Youth: a Revelation....😍👽💛💛💛💛💔💛💛💛💛💛

Now I no David

bellissima canzone ,molto artistica,un vero e proprio capolavoro

Check out Tedeshi Trucks version of this song

very good!!

Brilliant artist, musician, writer, singer...........(too much to list here). A man like Bowie comes once in a lifetime.

Keeping up with that JONES boy ....impossible !

Composer,actor

He was all these but this song was written by Ron Davies!

###Luckily, it was our lifetime... Hahahaha

why everyone says that the Konklins Plesiosaur Album is the Ziggy Stardust from the 2010's????? I don't get it!!!

this song is so led zeppelin.....or maybe led zeppelin is so this song!

Na...Led Zep ripped off most of their tunes. Google it

@Joni Williams FUCKIN MORON.

It is so Zeppelin

This is not a Bowie song, so...

@Jimmy Lee Van De Putte No is not

One day you fell on Earth . You can go back home now . Thank you for everything . RIP David .

" Flashbacks of a Fool " is such a wonderful movie . I was told to watch it about 3 or 4 years ago . - After being filled with 'happy tears' at the end of the film , it wasn't over ! ( Spoiler ALERT ) . Just as the credits start this song begins . -- WOW !! I never heard this song on the radio and to hear it in a movie just simply moved me . -- " Flashbacks of a Fool " . Highly Recommend if you like Bowie and Roxy Music .

Saw The Tedeshi Trucks band last night at the Sunshine Music Festival They closed the show with their cover of this song, dedicated, of course, to David Bowie. Very cool!

+Allen M. Saw Tedeschi in Chicago this weekend and they played it again

Easily my favorite David Bowie deep cut rest in peace hero

Please give us some meaningful music. Send it down from the heavens. Peace to you David.

It Ain't Easy...great song written by Ron Davies.

fuck you bitvch

bayron sanhueza it's *NOT* written by Bowie.

He left out the album the songs All the young dudes, Velvet Goldmine, Sweet Head, Holy Holy, John, I'm Only Dancing.
In my opinion this cover was not necessary.

gpat 175 original
https://youtu.be/BVdUg6Rt3MM

I think it is important give respect to the original composer. At the very least its important that people don't go around thinking Bowie wrote this song when he didn't. Of all the ignorant things...

Why
be willingly ignorant
and refuse
to
give credit
where credit
is
due

It wasn't easy , but you made it look that way !!! R.I.P. Ziggy

RIP to a king

#RIPDAVIDBOWIE
You wont be forgoton.you werean icon
And one thing i can tell you is "it aint easy"
Will be blasting thru my town today

RIP David Bowie

This sums up the day

Rest in peace :(

RIP far too soon but David Bowie you left a legacy that will never be surpassed!

I think he was ready, and I think he left at a high point. I personally wouldn't like to see such a great slowly rot away at age 90, nearly senile. Not saying that that would happen, but I think Bowie went out exactly how he wanted to: still at the top

I grew up with this album. A big thank you to a great artist who has passed away today. RIP David Bowie

Do LittleSister same as You....💛💛💛💔💛💛💛💛

You grow up with this album, but I'm doing it right now

you had to be there

written by Ron Davies

Ray Davies

Nah, definitely Ron Davies.

Love this song.

Really Prophetic, this song...  

The David Genie..........

One of Bowie's best!!!!!!   Thanks David, love you forever and Happy Birthday!!!  Rock 'n' roll at its FINEST!!  Keeps me satisfied.......

Brilliant.

The Republican Party should be made to listen to this song, especially the 'Tea Party', and 'Libertarians' should just go somewhere and die. (Whigs)

What the fuck are you talking about?

@Brent Holman Leave this man alone, he is the cause of all the drugs in today's world.

+Brent Holman you are supposed to stop pushing on the q tip when you feel pressure...

Are you goofy,,,,???