Rags: The New American Musical: Easy for You

REBECCA
 Look mister, I came to this country to get away from trouble
 SAUL
 Well, lady, you came to the wrong place
 You should have come halfway to the middle of the ocean
 You jump in your trouble is gone
 Once you're here, you find out
 Troubles something you can't outrun
 The difference is back there you had to take it
 Here
 Here you get to make it
 If it's wrong you can fix it
 If you can't you can fight it
 If you don't like to fight you can learn
 Your faith needn't be blind here
 You can open your mind here
 See the light, better yet
 Help it burn
 REBECCA
 People like you back home, big talkers like yourself
 And they make trouble, yes, for everybody else
 You're always preaching what the rest of us should do
 Mister, it's
 Easy for you
 SAUL
 People like you, you wanna crawl inside a shell
 As long as you are safe, the rest can go to hell
 So what if life is hard for all except a few?
 You want it
 Easy for you
 Easy for you
 REBECCA
 Easy for you
 SAUL
 Long as you're warm and fed
 That's all you care about in life
 REBECCA
 What do you care about in life?
 You've got no family to protect
 SAUL
 Easy for you
 REBECCA
 Easy for you
 SAUL
 Go home and hide your head
 Be someone's mousy little wife
 REBECCA
 People like you, you're so quick to criticize
 None of the rest of us is worthy in your eyes
 Those fancy speeches with a noble point of view
 They're also
 Easy for you
 Easy for you
 SAUL
 Easy for you
 REBECCA
 To talk of sacrifice
 When you've got nothing you can lose
 SAUL
 So it's wrong, is it? Hell is wrong with it?
 REBECCA
 Easy for you
 SAUL
 Easy for you
 REBECCA
 To give me cheap advice
 When you're not standing in my shoes
 SAUL
 The rest of us can all turn blue
 REBECCA
 When making trouble comes I'll do
 BOTH
 Easy for you
 REBECCA
 People like him, what does it matter what they say?
 Why did I listen, I should laugh and walk away
 Not that I need to learn
 But David, he should know
 Hello, mister
 Where do you say that should go
 To learn English
 SAUL
 Now you're getting smart
 Now, lady, now
 We make a start, lady
 Pull your little comfy world apart, lady
 Smart lady
 Take those old ways and shake 'em up
 Break 'em down
 Come along with me, lady
 DAVID
 My new friend Saul takes us places every night
 Meeting and lectures where the people scream and fight
 Then Saul and Mama fight some more about it all
 I really like me new friend Saul
 SAUL
 David!
 If it's wrong
 DAVID
 You can fix it
 REBECCA
 Look at him
 SAUL
 If you can't
 DAVID
 You can fight it
 REBECCA
 Look at David
 SAUL
 If you don't like to fight
 SAUL AND DAVID
 You can learn
 REBECCA
 So much quicker than me
 See how his eyes are bright
 Burning with excitement
 Learning
 Saying things right out loud
 I'm still scared to think
 I'm still sorting out
 And my solid ground is reeling
 It's a very awful feeling
 This feeling of doubt
 But look at you David
 It's so easy for you
 Now it belongs to you
 Now it belongs to you