Ease on Down the Road is a song originally recorded by Diana Ross and Michael Jackson for the 1978 movie The Wiz. It was used for the April 2002 showtape.
Lyrics[]
All: Come on and ease on down, ease on down the road
Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on, ease on down, ease on down, down the road
Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road (Helen: Ease on down)
Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road (Helen: Ease on down)
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on, ease on down, ease on down, down the road
Chuck E.: Pick your left foot up when your right one's down
Helen: Come on, legs keep movin', don't you lose no ground
Jasper: You just keep on keepin' on the road that you choose
Helen: Don't you give up walkin' 'cause you gave up shoes, ohh...
All: Ease on down, ease on down the road
Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on, ease on down, ease on down, down the road
Chuck E.: 'Cause there may be times when you think you lost your mind
Helen: And the steps you're takin' leave you three, four steps behind
Chuck E.: But the road you're walking might be long sometimes
Helen: You just keep on steppin', and you'll be just fine, yeah
All: Ease on down, ease on down the road
Come on, ease on down, ease on down the road
Don't you carry nothing that might be a load
Come on, ease on down, ease on down, down the road
(instrumental interlude)
Helen: Oh, there may be times when you wish you wasn't born
Chuck E. and Helen: And you wake one morning just to find that your courage gone
Helen: But just know that feeling only last a little while
Chuck E. and Helen: You just stick with us, and we'll show you how to smile, come on (Helen: Yeah!)
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, goin' down (Helen: Whoo!)
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, goin' down
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, goin' down
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, get' em up
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down the road
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, goin' down
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, goin' down
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, goin' down
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down
Chuck E. and Munch: Get 'em up, get' em up
Helen and Jasper: Ease on down the road