Hope in this Hard Time

Image and caption: [Untitled photo, possibly related to: Tulare County, California. Farm Security Administration (FSA) camp for migratory agricultural workers at Farmersville. Nurse of Agricultural Workers’ Health and Medical Association (FSA) is assigned to the camp. Photo shows her attending sick baby, Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress, LC-USF34- 019658-D

Lyrics:

How’s a man to find hope?
How’s a man to find hope?
How’s a man to find some strength and peace of mind and hope in this hard time?

When it seems like battle lines are drawn
Feels like our better days are long, long gone
And the price of keepin’ keepin’ on
Feels steeper every day

How’s a woman to find hope?
How’s a woman to find hope?
How’s a woman to find some strength and peace of mind and hope in this hard time?

When it seems like kindness ain’t in style
Feels like we’re lost by a country mile
And the leastest cause to crack a smile
Feels scarcer every day

How’s a child to find hope?
How’s a child to find hope?
How’s a child to find some strength and peace of mind and hope in this hard time?

Sons and daughters, here’s the score: we’ve lived through times like these before
When famine, pestilence, or war brought out the worst of those in power
And grifters, sycophants, and liars—toady peddlers of despair
Disguised the failure at the top by slandering the strength to care

Look past the lies to find hope
Look toward the kind to find hope
Open your heart to find hope in this hard time