It was paradise for just a whilenIt didn't take much for us to smilenNow I see you in a harder timennMoney still falls from the treesnNo one picks it up, but the breezenand it blows away, far away from our homesnnIn times like this, what we neednis all the happiness that we can heednFor someday soon, hard times always comennHard times always comenOh if you're feeling kind of numb,nJust know hard times always comen nHiding here all along,namidst the people, amidst the songnSing it loud, from mountaintops we yellnnA glimmer of hope and light,nbetween the fearfulness and the frightnWe must do away, with what is not lovennIn times like this, what we neednis all the happiness that we can heednFor someday soon, hard times always comennHard times always comenOh if you're feeling kind of numb,nJust know hard times always come