It was paradise for just a while

It didn't take much for us to smile

Now I see you in a harder time

Money still falls from the trees

No one picks it up

But the breeze

And it blows away

Far away from our homes

In times like this

What we need

Is all the happiness that we can heed

For someday soon

Hard times always come

Hard times always come

Oh if you're feeling kind of numb

Just know hard times always come

Hiding here all along

Amidst the people

Amidst the song

Sing it loud

From mountaintops we yell

A glimmer of hope and light

Between the fearfulness and the fright

We must do away

With what is not love

In times like this

What we need

Is all the happiness that we can heed

For someday soon

Hard times always come

Hard times always come

Oh if you're feeling kind of numb

Just know hard times always come