Name: Hard Times Are Alright (Extended Version)
Duration: P00H05M19S
Description: The message of the song is in the title, "Hard Times Are Alright." Things don't always work out exactly the way you plan and that's ok. Take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy life.

Hard Times Are Alright (Extended Version)

by Andy Sydow

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The message of the song is in the title, "Hard Times Are Alright." Things don't always work out exactly the way you plan and that's ok. Take a deep breath, relax, and enjoy life.

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Sometimes I get real frustrated
With the way my pieces fit
But when I try to put them back together
They never fit quite right

I get drunk try to analyze
Sit and think till it drives me crazy
I let certain things get me down
When there’s nothing to worry about

Everyone needs a day to ease the pain
Everyone needs some time to let it all out
Everyone needs a chance to find themselves
And realize, hard times are alright

I’ve had a couple women say that they love me
When they don’t even know me yet
And when I finally let them in
All I can do is disappoint

Pressure and stress fills me up
And leaves me feeling small
It’s so easy to build me up
But it’s quicker to drag me down

Everyone needs a day to ease the pain
Everyone needs some time to let it all out
Everyone needs a chance to find themselves
And realize, hard times are alright (x2)

credits

released September 5, 2020
Andy Sydow - Lead & Backing Vox/Electric Guitar/Organ/Keys/Lap Steel
Andrew Rogers - Electric Guitar
Sam Miller - Bass Guitar
Calvin Davis - Drums
Strange Dame - Backing Vox

Engineered by - Grant Gibson at Third and James Studios in Denver, CO

Recorded at - Third and James Studios in Denver, CO and Rabbit Ear North Studios in Lakewood, CO

Mixed by - Grant Gibson

Mastered by - Patrick Badgley at PQ Mastering

Management - Ellie Tomasso

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Andy Sydow Denver, Colorado

Americana, rock, singer-songwriter Andy Sydow is a jack-of-all-trades. Throughout the course of a show he's known to croon an audience with acoustic guitar ballads, play a few shredding slide guitar solos and even sit down at the keys to show off his surprising boogie-woogie piano chops. Sydow draws comparisons to voices like Paul Simon, mixed with a roots rock vibe reminiscent of Tom Petty. ... more

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