So these
These are the hard times
The ones we've

Been hearing about
And like in
"A streetcar named desire"

We're struggling
To work it out
And these

These are the lean times
The ones we never thought
That we'd see

And it's just like in
"The grapes of wrath"
Except it's happening

To you and me

And it feels like I'm standing

Outside of myself
As we act out
Our desperate scenes

Like watching an old-time
Black and white movie
Starring you and me

And the feelings are so
Intensely real
That they don't seem

Real at all
I can't bear
To see your pain

Or to watch your teardrops fall

They say

They say of these hard times
They kill you or
They make you strong

And like in
"City for conquest"
I'm wondering

What went wrong

As we go

Through these hard times
I can't get past
My disbelief

That this isn't really
A very bad dream
And soon

I'll wake to see
The end
The end of these hard times

Every movie's
Got to end
As it fades to black

And the curtains close
To reality
Again