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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:07 AM
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Songs with "It's hard" as part of the lyrics
Here's a good one from Dylan:

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been, my darling young one?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways,
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
It’s a hard, and it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard,
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it,
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’,
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’,
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard,
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

What did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder that roared out a warnin’,
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’,
Heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’,
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’,
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard,
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

Who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded in hatred,
It’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard,
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

Oh, what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what’ll you do now, my darling young one?
I’m a-goin’ back out ’fore the rain starts a-fallin’,
I’ll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
The executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color and none is the number,
And I’ll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
Reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’,
But I’ll know my song well before I start singin’,
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard,
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

It’s a hard rain’s a gonna fall
It’s a hard rain’s a gonna fall
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elehhhhna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:09 AM
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1. Would "It's a hard-knock life!" from Annie count?
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:12 AM
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5. Should be Bush's theme song
Post the lyrics!
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:10 AM
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2. It's Hard by the Who

It's Hard

Any tough can fight - few can play
Any fool can fall - few can lay
Any stud can reproduce - few can please
Anyone can pay - few can lease

It's hard
(It's a hard hard hand to hold
It's a hard land to control)

Any man can claim - few can find
Any girl can blink - few can lie
Anyone can promise - few can raise
Anyone can try - but a few can stay

Any brain can hide - few can stand
Any kid can fly - few can land
Any gang can scatter - few can form
Any kid can chatter - few can inform

It's hard - It's very very very very hard - so very hard

It's hard
(It's a hard hard hand to hold
It's a hard land to control)

Any soul can sleep - few can die
Any wimp can weep - few can cry
Everyone complains - few can state
Anyone can stop - few can wait

It's hard - It's very very very very hard - so hard

Anyone can do anything if they hold the right card
So I'm thinking about my life now
I'm thinking very hard
Deal me another hand Lord, this one's very hard
Deal me another hand Lord, this one's very hard




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© 1997, 1998 Scott C. Smith
 
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:13 AM
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6. Too bad the debates can't have background music
This is a great one!
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:16 AM
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8. Mac Davis "It's Hard to be Humble"
http://www.minibite.com/oldies/humble.htm



Whatever happened to good ol' Mac?
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Inland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:35 AM
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23. This is the best--chorus is "its hard" repeated
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rainy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:12 AM
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3. I've loved Bob Dylan since I was 8 years old.
Great song.
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:12 AM
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4. ps: I love the Bryan Ferry version of "Hard Rain"
maybe even more than Dylan's!
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:15 AM
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7. Does this count?
It's (so) hard to say goodbye to yesterday

By Boyz II Men
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:21 AM
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12. Sounds hard to me
:-)
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:21 AM
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14. Then it does count
YIPPEEE!!!!
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catchthefever Donating Member (121 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:18 AM
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9. I keep thinking of the Blues Brothers
singing "Stand by your man", singing, "Sometimes it's hard to be a woman..."
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:24 AM
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17. Good one
It's so hard, so hard, so hard!
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:18 AM
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10. "A Hard Road" by Black Sabbath
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:21 AM
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13. Hi Beast Man
how about them Steelers? :-)
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:33 AM
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21. Excellent performance yesterday.
Things are looking good, let's just hope they stay that way!
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:41 AM
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27. My favorite, Joey Porter came alive yesterday!
The Brownies will be a good test for Ben. I really like him :-) .
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AverageJoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:20 AM
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11. I get pushed out of shape and it's hard to steer
Little Deuce Coupe / The Beach Boys


Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got
Little deuce Coupe
You don't know what I got

Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down
But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town
When something comes up to me he don't even try
Cause if I had a set of wings man I know she could fly
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

Just a little deuce coupe with a flat head mill
But she'll walk a Thunderbird like it's standin' still
She's ported and relieved and she's stroked and bored.
She'll do a hundred and forty with the top end floored
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)

She's got a competition clutch with the four on the floor
And she purrs like a kitten till the lake pipes roar
And if that aint enough to make you flip your lid
There's one more thing, I got the pink slip daddy

And comin' off the line when the light turns green
Well she blows 'em outta the water like you never seen
I get pushed out of shape and it's hard to steer
When I get rubber in all four gears

She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
(My little deuce coupe)
(You don't know what I got)
She's my little deuce coupe
You don't know what I got
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:22 AM
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15. I loved this song
reminds me of my Junior High years :-)
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:24 AM
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16. Nobody will know this but me
It's Hard Hard Hard

Performed by The Short Circus on the 70's TV show The Electric Company

Sometimes I sit and wonder all about life.
I know that every day will bring some sorrow and strife.
Even when you’re up and feel you’re gonna win,
The bottom drops right out and then the roof falls in.

Because it’s hard, hard, hard.
Nothing’s easy in this life, you see.
Oh babe, I say it’s hard, hard, hard.
If it’s good, then you can bet it isn’t free.

Now take our friend the squirrel, running all day.
So busy finding nuts, he’s got no time for play.
When he gets them home, then you’ll hear him say,
“I can’t crack this dinner open, man! There ain’t no way!”

Because it’s hard, hard, hard.
Nothing’s easy in this life, you see.
Oh babe, I say it’s hard, hard, hard.
If it’s good, then you can bet it isn’t free.

The secret, my friend, is to give it your all.
Sometimes you win, and then life is a ball.

Try climbing high, but be ready to fall.
And never be afraid to knock your head against the wall.

Because it’s hard, hard, hard.
Nothing’s easy in this life, you see.
Oh babe, I say it’s hard, hard, hard.
If it’s good, then you can bet it isn’t free.

Yeah, if it’s any good, then you know it never comes for free.
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:26 AM
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18. Can't say I ever heard it....but it's a good one!
Another one for the next debate sound track.
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gollygee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:37 AM
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25. I LOVED the Electric Company!
Good choice :)
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:28 AM
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19. Uh... "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" by Neil Sedaka? (nt)
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:33 AM
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20. It's So Hard, John Lennon
You got to live,
You got to love,
You got to be somebody,
You got to shove,
But it's hard,
It's really hard,
Some times I feel like going down,

You go to eat,
You got to drink,
You got to feel something,
You got to worry,
It's so hard,
It's really hard,
Some times I feel like going down,

But when it's good,
It's oh so good,
And when I hold you in my arms baby,
Some times I feel like going down,

You got to run,
You got to hide,
You got to keep your woman satisfied,
But it's so hard,
It's really hard,
Some times I feel like going down.
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:36 AM
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24. "It's really hard!" Yep, sounds like
Bush.
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DelawareValleyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:35 AM
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22. It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
Bruce Springsteen.

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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 10:38 AM
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26. Add to the sound track!
There's got to be some money in this somewhere. Maybe if someone more computer savvy than I could make a sound track, we could donate the proceeds to the Kerry campaign.
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JimmyJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 11:11 AM
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28. "Clampdown" and "Magnificent 7"
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warrens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 11:18 AM
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29. Hard to Be Human Again
The Mekons. And yeah, they say It's in the actual song.
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 11:26 AM
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30. Hard, Ain't It Hard? by the Kingston Trio
Is what pops into my head.
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livetohike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-04-04 11:33 AM
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31. That's a good one
too.
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