Released: November 17, 1980
Songwriter: Yoko Ono
Producer: Jack Douglas John Lennon
[Verse 1]
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
[Bridge]
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 some time
[Chorus]
Hard times are over
Hard times are over
Hard times are over, over for a while
[Verse 2]
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 around the street corner
[Chorus]
Hard times are over
Hard times are over
Hard times are over, over for a while
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
[Bridge]
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 some time
[Chorus]
Hard times are over
Hard times are over
Hard times are over, over for a while
[Verse 2]
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 around the street corner
[Chorus]
Hard times are over
Hard times are over
Hard times are over, over for a while
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- A Thousand Times Yes
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- Mind Train
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- Catman (The Rosies Are Coming)
- Who Has Seen the Wind?
- Sisters, O Sisters
- Don’t Be Scared
- Is Winter Here to Stay?
- O’ Sanity
- Sleepless Night
- Peter the Dealer
- What a Mess
- Open Your Box (Bonus Track)
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