Easy to Be Hard
Hair (2009 Broadway Revival Cast) Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Easy to Be Hard' by these artists:

"Hair" How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Annabel Leventon & Hair Original London Cast How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Boa Itsu kara darou kotoba no uragawa wo Ymu no oboeta jibun…
Caissie Levy How can people be so heartless how can people be so…
Chuck Negron How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Company; Linda Compton; Paul Jabara; Suzannah Evans How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
G.MacDermot How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Galt Macdermot How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Galt MacDermot/Tom Pierson How can people be so heartless How can people be so…

Galt MacDermot;Tom Pierson How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Golden Smog How can people be so heartless? How can people be so…
Hair How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Hair (broadway) How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Hair - Original Broadway Cast Sheila: How can people be so heartless? How can people be so…
Hair Cast How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Suzannah Evans How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
Suzannah Evans Linda Compton & Paul Jabara How can people be so heartless How can people be so…
The Impossibles So Easy To Love You (So Hard To Trust You) I…
The London Theatre Orchestra and Cast How can people be so heartless How can people be so…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Hair (2009 Broadway Revival Cast):

Hair She asks me why, I'm just a hairy guy I'm hairy…

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Most interesting comments from YouTube:

@BoscoBoots

4y↑51

In 1979 I was 17 years old.
Music was a big part of my life. I would sit in my room late at night with headphones on listening to every word and every note on my record albums.
I had already seen Hair performed live on stage and that was what introduced me to what I saw as a musical production that represented my generation and those that were slightly older than I was. (besides my double album: The Who's 1969 Tommy rock opera that I listened to probably hundreds of times)
Then, when Hair was released in the theaters, I was there on opening day.
I didn't want to go with any friends so I could enjoy the film by myself without any conversations or distractions.
Within minutes, I knew this film was special, and early in the movie, when the camera is doing 360° sweeps around Renn Woods as she sings "Aquarius" I thought this was really something!
I was mesmerized, I was hooked.
Then, further into the movie, comes "Easy To Be Hard" and Cheryl Barnes pours her heart out onto the big screen and by the end of the song, my skinny young body sat there with tears streaming down my face.....she absolutely slayed me with her performance.
Speaking of being slayed....the young (28 years old at the time) Beverly D'Angelo's (Sheila) eyes were smoking hot and I simply stared at her...probably missing much of her dialog. When she rides by Claude Bukowski (John Savage) on horseback, he does a double-take at her.....I would have done the same.
When the film ended, I just sat there trying to compose myself and reflect on this musical journey I just witnessed. The theater began to empty out and I was sitting there so long that the next group of patrons were already taking their seats.
So I stayed and went another round with it.
Many years later I bought the DVD which I still watch from time to time.
And when "Easy To Be Hard" appears......it still punches me right in the gut.

@megmc9644

3y↑16

How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
Especially people who care about strangers
Who care about evil and social injustice
Do you only care about being proud
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
How can people be so heartless
You know I'm hung up on you
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no
Especially people who care about strangers
Who care about evil and social injustice
Do you only care about being proud
How about I need a friend, I need a friend
How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be proud, easy to say no
Easy to be gone, easy to say no
Come on, easy to get read
Easy to say no
But too easy to be cold
Easy to say no
But too easy to say no
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Galt Mac Dermot / Gerome Ragni / James Rado

All comments from YouTube:

@sparklebrown9082

3y↑298

This is absolutely the best rendition of this song ever! She sang this song from the bottom of her heart!

@JohnJones-ej1ux

3y↑2

Is there a remake in the works

@swankybutters8371

3y↑2

I had no idea this was from "Hair" I though this was a Three Dog Night original... This version here is great!

@vijitc1209

3y↑8

Brings me to tears

@Zariamma

2y↑1

You are so right

@annah8728

Yes it is a strong song.. the half of it..😏

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@MrGuenterGruber

3y↑139

the tear in the eye of the little boy... so unbelievable emotional. one of the very best songs in its decade

@colinrunciman5166

I don't know ladies and gentlemen, but, it's too good, rgds Colin.

@marinette6894

2y↑73

I was 12 when I saw this and about to have open heart surgery for a cogential heart defect. This was on HBO and I watched it constantly. I had a crush on Treat Williams and John Savage. This song brought tears to my eyes. I will never forget how special this show is to me. In 2018, I had to have heart surgery again to repair wear and tear on my heart. I watched this almost every night in the last two weeks before my surgery.

This musical has meant so much to me and is my comfort

@livinglifecan

24w↑2

I happy you are well. Yes, it is mesmerizing and beautiful.

@AMERASIAN12

21w↑2

Hope you are doing well and have a wonderful holiday. XO🎄🎄😊😊

@Min2konto

1y↑42

This is one of the most magnificent vocal performances ever. She had an absolutely stellar timbre. Not my generation, but that powerful, strong beautiful top end with that vibrato to die for - just amazing.

@debbiem9218

3y↑79

What a vocalist, hard to imagine anyone else singing this song the way she does!

@colinrunciman5166

19w

So easy, to be hard!!

@adamschwartz3449

5y↑313

I was in Washington Square Park when they filmed the medium closeup of the actress singing. Hundreds of us stood in a giant ring around the filmmakers and watched. The point-of-view shots of the woman looking east were shot at a different time. The filmmakers played a recording of the actress singing and she sang to it. The little boy wasn't standing there during the closeup; the actress held on to a gobo stand or something.

Although it's not in this clip, there was some interaction between the actress and Treat Williams. Watching him, I learned more about acting than in all the classes I've taken. He was completely focused, shutting out the hundreds of eyes upon him. It was as if we weren't there. And while we were all shivering in our parkas, he was in a light denim jacket and yet was oblivious to the cold. What magnificent concentration.

When the woman finished her song, the crowd broke into spontaneous applause.

@Serai3

5y↑15

Wow, thanks for you story! I'm jealous that you got to see this extraordinary singer perform, and see Treat Williams acting. (I've done some background work on films, and yes, it's amazing how different things can be from what ones sees on the screen.)

@AndreMunizOne

4y↑5

Amazing performer

@maribethstern8023

4y↑6

Wow! Lucky you! I am in radio and lived in NYC and Hollywood on The HUDSON (valley !) But I will always be blown away by this! Thanks!

@congressionalresearchinsti3897

4y↑12

Cheryl Barnes!

@joeymama4666

4y↑10

So it was Washington Square park! I thought so but it didn't look that familiar to me in the scene, so I wasn't sure.

I read about Cheryl Barnes, who sang it. She was working as a motel chambermaid in Maine when she went to a cattle call and was chosen to be in the movie. She got rave reviews, but didn't really get much work from it afterward, unfortunately. She was in one other scene that was filmed in Barstow, CA, and after the movie wrapped, she just stayed there, working as a waitress and teaching piano.

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@Andymanpr

45w↑35

RIP Treat Williams. Underrated actor in an underrated film. And yes, this scene is powerful.

@fitless

45w

Hair is anything but underrated.

@annettespradlin4945

42w↑1

His going to war for his friend and dying was really crazy.

@colinrunciman5166

24w↑1

Oh, i see Miss Willaims died, im extremlly sorry...

@theresearcher7400

44w↑11

Cheryl Barnes auditioned for Hair at an open casting call. She had no agent and was working as a chambermaid in a motel in Martha's Vineyard. Barnes' song in Hair, "Easy to Be Hard," was captured in one take, and this is the take seen in its entirety in the film.

@BlakeGildaphish76

3y↑94

She killed this song. i saw this when i was 12, and no matter who covers this song, i think of her singing in the cold.

@debbiem9218

3y↑4

This song sung at its best by Cheryl!

@annwahlstrom149

3y↑1

So you may also be born in 1967?😃

@juliehenig1173

It never gets old to me..... same worthy conversations

@colinrunciman5166

And the wee boy also , who seems to near frozen!!

@FreedomFighter2112

2y↑1

I was 14 yrs old when I first saw this movie and this is the part/song that stuck with me for decades after. I've shared it with all of my friends and classmates since then

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@nanavstheworld

1y↑5

i remember watching this as a kid and my mother telling me 'this is the truest song in the movie' and i couldn't really understand at the time (isn't helping others good??), now about 20 years later i understand

@shadylivesofyoutube7885

45w↑13

Shout out to Cheryl Barnes best version of this song ever...! RIP TREAT WILLIAMS 💞

@BoscoBoots

4y↑51

@28ny

3y↑3

Same here, I grew up on trips to NYC to see the latest hit musical. Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, etc. I remember when the call came out for extras for a large protest scene to be filmed either in central park or Washington DC. Love all the songs in the movie.

@samuelperez8860

2y↑4

My Uncle shared this movie with my family when I was 16 yrs old and this is the scene that captured my heart more than any other scene. I still watch this scene at least once a week and share it with all my friends and acquaintances every chance I get.

@michaelpaduch2917

2y↑3

Hi, you are a decade older than me but the effect of the movie was the same for me. I watched it with subtitles in Eastern Europe. Apart from the powerful antiwar message it was the music and the acting that immortalized that piece of art. Milos Forman was from Eastern Europe and we felt a lot of sensibilities of his upbringing brought into this picture.

@jasminderpinder

1y↑2

Exact same for me. I was 17yo in 1979 and we were on vacation in Canada (from Africa) and I saw the movie there. The words, music and all the songs of those days - disco, soft rock, hard rock and songs with expression, protest and emotion were a huge part of my formative years. I too would spend hours, often very late into the night, listening to them on my headphones in my room.

@janelle7668

4y↑79

This was the most emotional and meaningful song in the entire movie other than the final part of the movie and Let the Sun Shine In....What a powerful singer yet so soft but strong in her voice. 🔥🎧🎤💜💜

@tonik1222

4y↑3

I agree, and that's considering how amazing the other songs are!

@JohnDoe-gk7ok

2y↑1

Interestingly, this song is completely different in the show. In the show, the context is actually much less poignant than it is here. In fact, the movie actually has very little to do with the show.

@Klm49

2y↑24

Every time I watch this I love it more and more, but I'm also angrier and angrier with Lafayette as time goes by. Now that I'm grown and have 2young girls of my own that I would die for to make sure they are happy and healthy and have all they need, seeing him leave his son and walk away just really kills me. That he could just leave his son and run off to be a hippy fills me with such rage. And it is only the power of her voice and love for her son that helps calm me down!! The power of song y'all.

@ryanb.472

45w↑3

I read that when the critics previewed the movie, they gave this scene/song a standing ovation.

@probotanimation

29w↑3

My father told me that when he saw this film in a theater during its original release, the audience gave THIS SONG a standing ovation... IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FILM!! I've never seen an audience do that for any film.

@walterjohn9570

37w↑4

Saw ‘Hair’ in the 80’s at a revival theatre in Chicago. This scene / song elicited spontaneous applause and a standing ovation. She is incredible.

@marycrow3939

3y↑22

Arguably the most profound and beautiful numbers in any movie musical. It has so many levels to it. Even somewhat prophetic. All due to Cheryl. And incredible performance.

@cowboydavi6419

7y↑88

This song send chills right through me.

@nancyyates9642

3y↑1

By her, yes. It is powerful.

@JohnJones-ej1ux

I didn't know this lady could sing this

@MudballDon

3y↑1

This whole damn movie!

@mambolduc

2y↑6

I have simply never heard anything better in terms of vocal performance, my all time favorite!

@vijitcoomara3807

5y↑53

The greatest movie musical performance ever!

@marcelkloesmeijer8097

4y↑6

even after watching it for over 30 years now every year again or so...it still give me chills....truely amazing and impossible to do better.

@robertturner7147

4y↑3

I totally agree with you. A million times Awesome. 😊

@katycates3518

3y↑3

It just floors me everytime. Doesn't get better than this, all these years later.

@mmoshinski

Not including. It's simply a grate piece of music, one of my favorites.

@mmoshinski

@Marcel Kloesmeijer indeed

@indiesindie1984

5y↑22

This is one of, if not the best rendition of this song EVER!

@marcelkloesmeijer8097

4y↑1

AB-SO-LUTE-LYYYYYY!!!!

@carlosvalencia4147

The best

@FreedomFighter2112

2y↑5

My Uncle told me when he saw this in theater while living in Los Angeles, that the entire audience stood up and applauder her performance. He showed this movie to me when I was 14 years old and this was the scene that has stuck with me for over 40 years

@bradwatson1048

42w

I was in Seattle. I was 20 in 1979, saw it in a theater a block from my first apartment. I ugly-cried.

@Arkelk2010

4y↑9

Best sung song in the movie. Bravissima to Cheryl Barnes for this great performance.

@julieerin115

2y↑2

The look of that little boy's face breaks my heart.

@user-mj8nf2vp7q

6y↑30

She tore that song up!

@artequintanilha

6y↑48

Good to know that other people are also thrilled with this song.

@harleydd

3y↑12

I've been watching this since 1979. Her performance and voice always put me thru so many feelings. Especially with the storyline. He didnt want her and left with the other girl. She was heartbroken 💔😩

@jimrebr

50w↑2

This song always brings me to tears, I went with a huge group of friends to the Theatre in San Francisco the night the movie premiered. Have seen HAIR live several times, in the early 70’s at The Aquarius Theater in Hollywood, the touring company, then with husband and our sons in 2003, several more times.

@lisakeith9359

3y↑8

I love her voice! Beautiful version of this song.

@yobrant

5y↑29

Cheryl Barnes is magnificent.

@garysneed124

18w

Leslie here.. I loved the play.. still have a first edition of the play..Absofknloutly loved the movie!
And what a powerful vocal performance! Most definitely a highlight.
Rock on 🤘 and Peace ✌️
🎶🧨🎸♥️🤗🔥💋

@soundlogic6353

41w

Hits like a freight train. This woman SANG this!

@thomasleary2814

2y↑6

Really liked this film - and this is my favorite number in it because of the incredible emotion and feeling in Cheryl Barnes’ performance.

@MrSticks9999

4y↑9

Cheryl is an incredible singer!

@martinbeine348

1y↑2

Pure magic. And so intense. Just wonderful.

@bujinin7096

34w

Still chilling, after all these years. Who doesn't need one?

@mmoshinski

3y↑2

I think I've listen to that song about a million times if not more, every time I hear this song, my jaw drops and every hair on my body stands up. She's certainly the best thing I've ever heard in my life. She seems from the depth of her heart. I've read that Milos Forman, the director of 'Hair", try to convince her to record more and more songs but you refused to do so and she preferred piano teaching career. Such a shame, such a waste of great talent.

@cowboynyc

31w

Perfectly captures that moment in American history. Tragically, that moment isn't over yet.

@ExMachina70

40w↑1

Berger "That's BULLSHIT MAN! You fix what you started!"

That's what runs in my head when I see them fight.

@larynanntapp6333

3y↑5

Still gives me goosebumps every single time I watch this

@Southgate210

1y↑1

So true of a sung! The lady sung it from the bottom of her feet to the top of her head! Great!

@livinglifecan

24w

I heard this version as a very young child and all these years later it is stunningly beautiful. It has stood the test of time. The best version of this song.❤

@frontier6937

16w

Brilliant ! One song can change the world.

@CherieulaJ

44w

This entire movie was a FAVORITE! 👏🏾🤗🍿🎞️🎬💈👱🏽‍♀️💁🏾‍♀️💇🏾‍♂️💗❤️💗 I saw this 43 YRS. AGO... WOW 😳
I still LOVE 💕 IT. I'm gonna miss Treat Williams. May he RestInPeace.... 💔🕊️

@linnycrocus6023

5y↑9

I have to admit....this storyline packs a bigger punch than "berger ripped a jacket and now im sad"

@violatenor26

23w

My favorite song from the musical. I love this version--she's amazing!

@annettespradlin4945

42w

The most memorable part of the movie. That poor little baby boy. 😥

@freerainbow3328

16w

My childhood movie. Not a lot in my surroundings knows it. Happy i grew up with it

@gj8683

4y↑12

I like the Three Dog Night version, but her singing just knocks it out of the park!

@charlie-obrien

38w

3 Dog Night version changes the meaning of the song from a personal love that is lost to an overall societal lament.

@karunayoungs5917

3y↑1

Cheryl Barnes! What a great voice!

@to08net

6y↑31

R.I.P. Miloš Forman the great one -)

@Serai3

Oh no, did Milos die??? I HAZ A SAD NAO. :(

@sylvesterbestertester1013

5y↑7

A great Three Dog Night tune sung to brilliantly and used so well in this production.

@gistak

5y↑8

This song was written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni for the musical stage production of Hair. Three Dog Night covered it more than a year later.

@charlie-obrien

38w

@@gistak
3 Dog Night did all covers. No original material.
Just songs that had been overlooked or didn't make the top forty, their first time around.

@annwahlstrom149

3y↑1

I was 12 yo when this film hit the movie theaters and I fell in love with the music and the whole film, it's so awesome!
This song struck me hard!
🤩❤❤❤👍

@listen2100

45w↑9

Moves me to tears every time. Most poignant scene.

@JdaPrynce

5y↑5

First time ever hearing this song...WOW!

@ccx7004

7y↑27

I love how the reading woman on the bench just vanishes and reappears again every couple of shots!

@yannickp3085

6y↑1

or that the script supervisor was doing a shite job.

@volllstaat

6y↑2

I think she gets cold and goes home :o)

@JaanaJ1

6y↑1

and she came back and went home again... and came back... and... lol ;)

@glittery_cucumber

6y↑3

THAT is what you're paying attention to?

@barbaraalicedronenburg4042

6y↑1

The beautiful singer does a beautiful job with this beautiful song, but someone did not do as beautiful a job when splicing this scene for whatever reason. The Cheshire reader is interesting. Maybe she was not a part of the cast and just wandered onto the scene one day and then vanished.

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@jane2242

45w↑1

All I can say is WOW amazing sang with a lot of emotion ❤️

@corrybuckwalter8559

3y↑6

Loved this movie when it came out. Love this scene even more now. So powerful.

@alloralou4722

I saw the movie Hair when it came out and in a collection of great songs this is my favorite. Her voice! And the look on that adorable baby’s face, so precious.

@ursneiger1320

7y↑23

just touching my soul

@kell_checks_in

2y↑5

This performance still gives me chills. Barnes owns this movie. (She's gone on to great jazz performances. Google, people.)

@giulianafederico948

24w↑1

Bellissima canzone, interpretata in maniera eccellente!❤

@chrismatters4875

43w↑1

She Kills it …. The absolute best

@sallydaniel1023

4y↑12

How could anyone pass up the chance to hire this incredible singer??? She was magnificent!!

@mmoshinski

3y↑1

She didn't want any musical career. She was a piano teacher. The director try to persuade her to make more songs but she didn't wanted do it.

@mmoshinski

3y↑4

By the way she recorded the song in one take.

@jacobsonleland

Incredibly Talented young Lady the Best vocals of all times. Love this song and Cheryl is so Beautiful. I remember watching this movie and Cheryl is so Mesmerizing , captured my Heart,

@nobid_leon

3y↑1

2:02 when I’m telling y’all my heart melted 🥰

@garylivengood3208

Stunning! Just stunning by Cheryl Barnes

@megmc9644

3y↑16

@laurylienorman8822

Thank you for sharing.

@1983simi

41w↑2

Almost, she actually sings here "Do you only care about the bleeding crowd" not "Do you only care about being proud"

@maribethstern8023

4y↑7

THE BEST VERSION OF THIS SONG! I LOVE THREE dog Nights version but. Cheryl Barnes does this song beautifully! You can almost.see.her soul, and you.sure can hear it!.Outstanding! As was the film by Miles Foreman.

@marcelkloesmeijer8097

4y↑1

true, this is the best version of the song...impossible to beat.

@maribethstern8023

@Marcel Kloesmeijer Totally agree!

@dianeadam4926

14w

This version is absolutely fabuloys, heartbreaking!!

@khadijaboyd6200

And NYC stands stronger than ever. I LOVE my city (after Rabat), with same passion, hope for the future. Khadija

@Vallabhi-kanta_dasi

19w

What a masterpiece!

@paulablack3862

3y↑2

I 've always loved this song but only when she sings it , she sings it best .

@balletvaria

i can wholly identify with it too

@johnfitzpatrick3094

7y↑18

I saw this last night at Ebertfest. One of the producers said this was done live, no lip sync.

@jackal59

While she may have sung live for the camera, that's certainly not the audio used in the final cut. You can record musicals live--Hedwig and the Angry Inch was done that way--but I can't see any way to have done that on location in 1979 and have gotten usable sound.

@markbabich7772

6y↑4

She did do the sing in one take.

@adamschwartz3449

5y↑4

I was in Washington Square Park when they shot the medium closeup of the actress, and the filmmakers played the prerecorded soundtrack as she sang to it. I don't recall seeing a mic recording her. If you look closely, there are microseconds at the end where she is not exactly in sync with the recording. Nevertheless she did an astonishing job of duplicating her recorded performance. Plus, the audio sounds too good to have been recorded live; both because of its high quality and because of the complete absence of ambient noises such as car horns. Although I suppose that could've been a rehearsal and they may have later recorded her singing it live. If you want a movie with live song performances, watch The Fantasticks or Les Misérables, which I understand were both recorded live with the actors having tiny receivers in one ear. In the final scene of the movie version of Hair the solders who are singing to appear to have been recorded live, but again, the audio sounds too clean for that.

@radkadimitrova6073

3y↑1

Amazing voice !!!

@pendafen7405

44w

how she nailed the first note...so much skill

@sulema4388

5y↑27

That was the saddest song ever. Someone hold me.

@dimiterstoyanov

4y↑3

Cheryl Barnes rocks❣️👏👌👍❤️💓

@kevinflot8600

50w

Still makes me weep

@ludabam241

So powerful beautifully directed

@nicolasnicolle6869

5y↑3

At each time it makes me cry

@thesuncollective1475

20w

Ohh I love this track

@harrysawiicky2828

Hair...... Stop War!!!!!!
A beautiful movie

@anneclementin2600

WHAT A FEELING !! STRAIGHT TO MY HEART !!

@janehoffman1791

4y↑1

amazing.. always loved this song .. well the whole movie!

@colinrunciman5166

19w

Oh! It still gets me!

@giovanniciati9884

41w

it's terrific. wonderful

@monisamontoya401

5y↑3

I remember Ms Barnes in the Star Search tv show. This performance should have boosted her career.

@davideguitar7754

Che tempi fantastici vissuti in pieno

@cosminvelea2879

48w

for this song merita un OSCAR!

@inalindemann592

Ich liebe sie. In jedem Augenblick.

@mgfpresident7285

2y↑3

This still crushes me. Phenomenal. Cheryl Barnes’s version is the best.

@momcolorloveallcolors474

Beautiful beautiful

@BARRYBRISCO

2y↑2

Rest in peace James Rado

@WienerKastellan

5y↑2

Geiler Film meiner Jugend 👍👍👍 Dankeschön.

@MSYNGWIE12

3y↑3

The great TWYLA THARP MADE US DANCE IN THE PARK....

@mariadelsur9001

5y↑2

recuerdo haber ido a ver la pelì en mi adolescencia, preciosa, y preciosa canciòn, HAIR.

@cristianocallini6481

31w

Quanti ricordi....adoro questo film e le sue melodie......❤

@colinrunciman5166

2y↑1

Oh, dear its brilliant

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