It's Not Easy

It's Not Easy
General information
Feature films	Pete's Dragon
Shows	DTV
Albums	Pete's Dragon Mosh Pit on Disney ICON: Disney, Vol. 5
Performers	Nora (Helen Reddy) Pete (Sean Marshall)
Other performers	Reel Big Fish
Video

"It's Not Easy" is a song from the 1977 Disney film Pete's Dragon. It is sung when Pete tells Nora when she is curious to know about Elliott is to which the two sing together at night before Pete goes to bed.

In the 1980s and 1990s, the song was also featured on The Disney Channel as a music video on DTV, set entirely to footage of The Ugly Duckling.

Lyrics

Pete:
He has the head of a camel
The neck of a crocodile

Nora:
It sounds rather strange

Pete:
He's both a fish and a mammal
And I hope he'll never change
'Cause it's not easy
To find someone who cares

Nora:
It's not easy to find magic in pairs

Pete:
I'm glad I found him
I love him, I won't let him get away
'Cause it's not easy

Nora:
You say the head of a camel
The neck of a crocodile

Pete:
And the ears of a cow!

Nora:
It's clear that friends can be different
Yes, I understand you now

Both:
It's not easy to find someone who cares
It's not easy to find magic in pairs

Nora:
Now that you have him, hold him
Treasure him from day to day
It's so easy

Nora:
Life is lollipops and raindrops
With the one you love
Someone you can always be with
Argue and agree with

Pete:
Climb the highest tree with

Both:
It's not easy to share somebody's dream
It gets easy
When you work as a team

Nora:
You've got to tend it, fan it

Pete:
That's what I plan to do
Oh, I had one friend by my side....
Now I have two...
Him and you...

Nora:
Him and me...

Both:
And it's so easy

Videos

Disney Instrumental ǀ Neverland Orchestra - It's Not Easy-2

Trivia

• The song was also used as a DTV music video in the 1980s, using clips from The Ugly Duckling.

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Media Pete's Dragon (soundtrack/video) • Remake (soundtrack) • House of Mouse Disney Parks Parades: Main Street Electrical Parade Characters Original: Pete • Elliott • Nora • Lampie • Dr. Terminus • Hoagy • The Gogans • Paul • The Mayor • Miss Taylor • Ferdinand (deleted) Remake: Conrad Meacham • Grace Meacham • Natalie Magary • Jack Magary • Gavin Magary • Sheriff Gene Dentler Songs Original: The Happiest Home in These Hills • Bop Bop Bop Bop Bop (I Love You, Too) • I Saw a Dragon • It's Not Easy • Passamaquoddy • Candle on the Water • There's Room for Everyone • Every Little Piece • Brazzle Dazzle Day • Bill of Sale • The Greatest Star Of All (deleted) Remake: The Dragon Song • Nobody Knows • Something Wild Locations Maine • Passamaquoddy • The Gogan Farmhouse • Passamaquoddy Light • Passamaquoddy Schoolhouse See also Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two