Make It Easy On Yourself

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Oh, breaking up is so very hard to do

If you really love him
And there's nothing I can do
Don't try to spare my feelings
Just tell me that we're through

And make it easy on yourself, make it easy on yourself
'Cause breaking up is so very hard to do

And if the way I hold you
Can't compare to his caress
No words of consolation
Will make me miss you less

My darling, if this is goodbye
I just know I'm gonna cry
So, run to him
Before you start crying too

And make it easy on yourself, oh, make it easy on yourself
'Cause breaking up is so very hard to do

Oh, baby, it's so hard to do

Make It Easy On Yourself
Written byBurt Bacharach & Hal David
Performed byBurt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
Produced byBurt Bacharach & Elvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal
Burt Bacharach - piano
additional musicians unknown
RecordedOctober 18, 1998, Sony Music Studios, New York
ReleasedDecember 8, 1998
VideosSessions At West 54th, 1998

First known performance:
October 3, 1998, New York, NY
Last known performance:
October 29, 1998, London, England
     (6 known performances)


Alternate versions

Make It Easy On Yourself (Live 1998)
Performed byBurt Bacharach & Band, Elvis Costello & Steve Nieve
Produced byElvis Costello
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocal
Burt Bacharach - piano
RecordedOctober 29, 1998, London, England
ReleasedMarch 3, 2023
AlbumsThe Songs Of Bacharach & Costello, 2023
Length4:07

Sessions At West 54th (video)Sessions At West 54th VHS cover.jpg

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Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 Jerry Butler  1962  A-side of single AllMusic
Dionne Warwick  1963 Presenting Dionne Warwick AllMusic
 The Walker Brothers  1965  A-side of single and on Take It Easy With The Walker Brothers AllMusic
 The Four Seasons  1965 The Four Seasons Sing Big Hits By Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan AllMusic
Cilla Black  1966 Cilla Black Sings A Rainbow AllMusic
 Percy Faith  1966 Theme From The "In" Crowd AllMusic
Burt Bacharach  1969 Make It Easy On Yourself AllMusic
Dionne Warwick  1970  A-side of single and on Very Dionne (live version) AllMusic
Tony Bennett  1970 Tony Bennett's "Something" AllMusic
 Johnny Mathis  1972 Song Sung Blue AllMusic
The Isley Brothers  1990 Shout And Twist With Rudolph, Ronald & O'Kelly AllMusic
 The Divine Comedy  1997  "Everybody Knows (Except You)" CD single AllMusic
 Ronald Isley & Burt Bacharach  2003 Here I Am: Isley Meets Bacharach AllMusic
 Rick Astley  2005 Portrait AllMusic

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