Easy to Be Hard
Unveiling Human Callousness: Easy to Be Hard by Mort Garson
Lyrics
How can people be so heartless
Expressing disbelief at the heartlessness of people.
How can people be so cruel
Questioning the cruelty observed in people's behavior.
Easy to be hard
Highlighting that it's effortless for some to be tough or unkind.
Easy to be cold
Emphasizing the ease with which people can be emotionally distant.
How can people have no feelings
Raising the question of how some people can lack empathy.
How can they ignore their friends
Pointing out the ability of some to ignore the needs of their friends.
Easy to be proud
Stating that it's easy for individuals to be proud.
Easy to say no
Indicating the simplicity of rejecting or saying no to others.
Especially people who care about strangers
Calling out those who claim to care about strangers but may not.
Who care about evil and social injustice
Referring to people who care about fighting evil and social injustice.
Do you only care about being proud
Questioning if caring is only about personal pride.
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
Expressing a need for friendship.
How can people be so heartless
Reiterating the disbelief in people's heartlessness.
You know I'm hung up on you
Expressing emotional attachment to someone despite their flaws.
Easy to be proud
Repeating that it's easy for individuals to be proud.
Easy to say no
Reiterating the ease of refusing or saying no.
Especially people who care about strangers
Referencing those who claim to care about strangers and social issues.
Who care about evil and social injustice
Continuing the theme of caring about fighting evil and injustice.
Do you only care about being proud
Questioning if caring is solely about personal pride.
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
Reiterating the need for friendship.
How can people be so heartless
Repeating the disbelief in people's heartlessness.
How can people be so cruel
Reiterating the questioning of cruelty in people.
Easy to be proud, easy to say no
Highlighting the ease of being proud and saying no.
Easy to be gone, easy to say no
Emphasizing the ease of being emotionally distant and refusing.
Come on, easy to get read
Encouraging action but cautioning that it's easy to misinterpret.
Easy to say no
Reiterating the simplicity of saying no.
But too easy to be cold
Warning that being emotionally distant is too easy.
Easy to say no
Reiterating the simplicity of refusing or saying no.
But too easy to say no
Stressing that saying no can be too easy and harmful.
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