Love and Hard Times

[Verse 1]

God and his only Son

Paid a courtesy call on Earth

One Sunday morning

Orange blossoms opened their fragrant lips

Songbirds sang from the tips of cottonwoods

Old folks wept for His love in these hard times

[Verse 2]

"Well, we gotta get going," said the restless Lord to the Son

"There are galaxies yet to be born

Creation is never done

Anyway, these people are slobs here

If we stay, it's bound to be a mob scene

But disappear and it's love and hard timеs" (Mmm)

[Chorus]

Loved you the first time I saw you

I know that's an old songwriting cliché

Lovеd you the first time I saw you

Can't describe it any other way

Any other way

The light of your beauty was warm as a summer day

[Post-Chorus]

Clouds of antelope roll by

No hint of rain to come

In the prairie sky

It's just love, love, love, love, love

[Chorus]

When the rains came, the tears burned

Windows rattled, locks turned

It's easy to be generous when you're on a roll

It's hard to be grateful when you're out of control

And love is gone

The light at the edge of the curtain is the quiet dawn

[Post-Chorus]

The bedroom breathes in clicks and clacks

Uneasy heartbeat, can't relax

But then your hand takes mine

Thank God I found you in time

Thank God I found you

Thank God I found you