Hard Times for Lovers - Judy Collins

Seems it was just a while ago

All of my friends and I

Went to each others weddings

And stood by each others side

And became brides

Talked to Kurt on the phone today

He said that he and Liz were through

And by the way that

Things have been going

You could that they were overdue

For every other married pair of us

That already split in two

Each of us turning our own lives alone

For sleeping with someone new

Ain’t it true

These are hard times for lovers

Everyone wants to be free

Ain’t these hard times for lovers

Everyone singing, I gotta be me

Without you

Now, honey, I’m supposed to tell you

I’ve got to live for today

And don’t you know it is my lifetime

I’ve got to live it my own way

And lately, I can’t help thinking

I reap what I sow

For all of my holy freedom

What have I got to show

I don’t know

But lately, I can’t help thinking

I reap what I sow

For all of my holy freedom

What have I got to show

I don’t know

Ain’t these hard times for lovers

Everyone wants to be free

Ain’t these hard times for lovers