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Hard Times Are Over

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It's been very hard
But it's getting easier now
Hard times are over, over for a while

The leaves are shining in the sun
And smiling inside
You and I watching each other on a street corner
Cars and buses and planes and people go by

But we don't care
We want to know
We want to know in each other's eyes
That hard times are over, over for sometime

Hard times are over
Hard times are over
Hard times are over, over for a while

It's been very rough
But it's getting easier now
Hard times are over, over for a while

The streams are twinkling in the sun
And I'm smiling inside
You and I walking together 'round the street corner

Hard times are over
Hard times are over
Hard times are over, over for a while

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planetearth On Apr 11, 2004

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2004-04-11 14:48:35

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by Maggie Sausage

18y ago

Horribly ironic, really...

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by rockydarling

18y ago

Great song that needs no explanation. Yoko singing about how life was getting easier and better for her and John yet sadly it didn't. RIP John Lennon

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