[dennisw]

Smoke on the water by Deep Purple—— https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x559bx

[pluvmantelo]

Hard Workin’ Man featuring Captain Beefheart
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yKWVLOIEO-Q

[larryjohnson]

HRd rain is gonna fall

[smokingfrog]

Softly, c1967 by Gordon Lightfoot

Softly she comes
Whispers the breeze with her passing
In secret love she is laughing
Softly she comes in the night

Softly she sighs
Sweetly she lies never sleeping
Her fragrance all in my keeping
Softly she comes in the night

Down the darkened hall
I hear her footsteps on my stair
And she is in my arms once more

Then softly she goes
Her shining lips in the shadows
Whisper good bye at my window
Softly she goes in the dawn

Down the darkened hall
I hear her footsteps on my stair
And she is in my arms once more

Then softly she goes
Her shining lips in the shadows
Whisper good bye at my window
Softly she goes in the dawn
Softly she goes in the dawn

[LittleBillyInfidel]

“Sex Dwarf” by Soft Cell.

(No? OK, it was a stretch, but I tried.)

[ShadowAce]

Take it Easy - Jackson Browne
Easy Livin' - Uriah Heep
Slow and Easy - Whitesnake

Harden My Heart - Quarterflash

[Fiji Hill]

Softly--Nat Shilkret & the Victor Orchestra (1929)

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[frank ballenger]

Not one of their biggest hits but Hard On Me by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
On Wildflowers album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk2uzs02Kf4

[FamiliarFace]

Tom Petty and the Heatbreakers - “Hard On Me”

https://youtu.be/KykjEY-mV30

*** And you wanna make it hard
Yeah, you wanna make it hard on me

Maybe if I try, I could turn the other cheek
Maybe, but how big do I have to be?***

[dfwgator]

West End Girls - The Pet Shop Boys

“Which do you choose, the hard or soft option?”

I always wondered if that line meant what I thought it meant.

[M_Continuum]

Easy to be hard, Three Dog Night

[frank ballenger]

I used to like the Limeliters version but this was the popular hit of the folk song:

Hard Ain’t It Hard by the Kingston Trio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuLu1iyHBt4

[teeman8r]

johnny cash.... Sunday Morning Coming Down...

[frank ballenger]

It’s Hard To Be Humble (was a Mac Davis hit but here is Willie Nelson)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdZ5wY9XxdA

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Mac Davis —”It’s Hard to be Humble”.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dg8NPPEms54

[Michael.SF.]

Ok, though not in the lyrics or title, how about the band or singer?

Tainted Love -- Soft Cell

[lee martell]

In the ‘Sorta-Kinda’ category:

“Rock Lobster” by B52’s

“Solid as a Rock” by Ashford & Simpson

“Rock On!” David Essex

“Rock Steady” Aretha Franklin

[dfwgator]

Not one of their better songs, IMHO, but “It’s Hard” - The Who

[Fiji Hill]

Here's someone who was not depressed during the Great Depression.

Never No More Hard Times Blues--Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (1937)