The term 'easy street' originated in the late 1800s and is
slang for "a state in which everything is going well and one is comfortable.” It's usually meant momentarily.[2]
Musical characteristics
Easy Street is in
thirty-two bar form[4][5] and includes a
melody that moves the title line to different pitches whenever it recurs in a phrase.[4][1] The song is usually played with a slow, slightly swinging melody.[1]
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abDodd, David; Hunter, Robert; Trist, Alan; Barlow, John; Carpenter, Jim (2005).
The Complete Annotated Grateful Dead Lyrics. New York: Simon & Schuster, Inc. p. 102. Retrieved 2 April 2019.