Hard Times on Easy Street | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 37:11 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
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All songs written by David Lynn Jones; "Tonight in America" co-written by Jimmy Everett. [2]
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