It's been very hard, it's getting easier now   Hard times are over, over for awhile   The leaves are shining in the sun, and I'm 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 wanna know   We wanna know in each other's eyes   That hard times are over, over for some time      Hard times are over, hard times are over   Hard times are over, over for awhile      It's been very rough, it's getting easier now   Hard times are over, over for awhile   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 awhile      Hard times are over, hard times are over   Hard times are over, over for awhile      Hard times are over, hard times are over   Hard times are over, over for awhile