Hard times, hand to mouth, down and out, All those hard times But we've seen the seasons turning As we weathered every storm And the climate of our loving Is so tender and so warm And the best is yet to come This is only the beginning And we've only just begun To realize the best is yet to come Heartache, more or less useless, All the heartache But when the flood of sudden tears came down We smiled and stood our ground And the laughter we'd been counting on It finally came around And the best is yet to come And it's getting so much better Than anything I've known And I know, oh, yes The best is yet to come