Dave Hall - Ya Gotta Go Easy lyrics

I bought my brother's old Toyota It still had an O.K. motor Though it had seen its hundred and fifty thousandth mile Paid him cash, looked at the rust Left New York City behind in its dust To sail around the country for a while Didn't need no reason To take a season 'Cept someone back in New York was skating on my heart Rode the waves near Atlantic City A.C, it looked so pretty Floated down to D.C.- I was off to a fine start Oh, ya gotta go easy, oh, ya gotta go slow I heard a voice inside me echo Oh, ya gotta go easy, oh, ya gotta go slow AC or DC you gotta ride the current's flow In the Great Dismal part of the nation I stopped on the lawn of an old plantation Saw the wedding there of a couple of descendants of its slaves They jumped the broom, they dressed in white They sang and danced for half the night Small children played among their ancestors' graves I slept alone under the stars Just me and my old rusty car By morning I was different than I was the night before Blinked against the morning mist Brushed away a dew drop's kiss Headed south toward Alabama's shore Oh, ya gotta go easy, oh, ya gotta go slow I heard that voice inside me echo Oh, ya gotta go easy, oh ya gotta go slow Cause you never know just Where you might wash up tomorrow Somehow smashed the window on my pa**enger side After I was joined, in Mississippi, by a good old friend of mine My friend said, “Why replace it?” “Rain,” I dryly replied “Dave,” she said, “I think the sun is gonna shine” Course, she'd just flown in from southern California And if that is where you're born ya Think that everything will turn out dry and warm We swam in the Gulf of Mexico Pushed west, and hey, wouldn't ya know? We got to New Orleans in a great big thunderstorm Oh, ya gotta go easy, oh, ya gotta go slow She didn't hear that voice inside me echo Oh, ya gotta go easy, oh ya gotta go slow Cause sometimes it really rains round the Gulf of Mexico We laughed and brushed away the rain Where it came in through the broken pane I wanted to but didn't tell her "I might have told you so" We sang up folk songs as we sped Along a dry Texas highway bed We took it easy but we didn't take it slow And when we got to San Antonio Tried our best but couldn't remember the Alamo Bought some boots instead and we headed for El Paso Took some silly pictures We laughed until we cried She whispered she would take me to the Colorado Saw my reflection there Oh, lost myself in the canyon there Found my tongue went dry at the river Colorado I dropped her off in Atascadero Made my way to San Francisco Took a little room in the YMCA Showered there with all the boys Drank in their most subtle joys Snatched back my soul and I got my self away I headed for the Redwood trees Where I fell down on my knees I cried and I felt very small indeed Dove into a telephone Said, “I'm here and all alone” Voice said, "Babe come home, I got what you need" No, I didn't go easy No, I didn't go slow The voice inside me sang, I heard it grow No, I didn't go easy No, I didn't go slow Didn't stop my driving or my weeping ‘til I saw New York City, sparkling like a rainbow (3x)