Common Sense

I am not sure who it was that first said, “Common sense is not all that common.” Many have said the same thing in a variety of ways and Mac McAnally has a song that expresses this. “Take It Easy,” from the 1994 album Knots, pokes fun at the TV talk show hosts who earnestly dispense common sense. It is simply one more reminder to listen to advice with discernment.

Take It Easy

(Words and Music by Mac McAnally)

A little boy walks in a diner,

Where his Momma cleans up at night

As she walked out from the kitchen,

She could see something wasn't right

He said Momma I got a problem,

And I really need to talk to you.

I love this girl but were fighting all the time

And I wanna know what to do

Momma said

Take it easy, when it gets too hard

Make it hard, if it don't seem hard enough

Don't you worry child, unless it makes you feel better

That's all I know about love

Now the man the next booth over,

A psychoanalyst by trade

He took and wrote down on a napkin,

What the cleaning lady said.

Now he's up on all the talk shows,

He's got the books and video tapes

He says for much more money,

Than a cleaning lady makes

He says,

Take it easy, when it gets too hard

Make it hard, if it don't seem hard enough

Don't you worry child, unless it makes you feel better

That's all I know about love

Some people go to a great expense,

To see who they want to be

I believe a little common sense,

Is gonna trickle down eventually

If you

Take it easy, when it gets too hard

Make it hard, if it don't seem hard enough

Don't you worry child, unless it makes you feel better

That's all I know about love

Take it easy, when it gets too hard

Make it hard, if it don't seem hard enough

Don't you worry child, unless it makes you feel better

That's all I know about love

Take it easy

Make it hard

Don’t you worry child, unless it makes you feel better

That's all I know about love

Take it

Make it

Don’t you

That’s all I know about

That’s all I know

That’s all I know about love