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Some Things Don't Come Easy is the sixth studio album by the pop rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley.

1. "Some Things Don't Come Easy" (Dan Seals) - 4:22
2. "If The World Ran Out Of Love Tonight" (Michael Garvin, Blake Mevis, Admiral S. Clay Wilson, Kelly Wilson) - 3:03
3. "You Can't Dance" (Tim Ryan, Bob Yeomans) - 2:56
4. "Who's Lonely Now" (John Ford Coley, Seals) - 3:19
5. "Hold Me" (Coley, Bob Gundry, Simon Waltzer) - 3:32
6. "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" (Jeffrey Comanor) - 2:49
7. "Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night" (Dave Loggins) - 3:24
8. "Beyond the Tears" (Comanor, Gundry) - 3:45
9. "Calling For You Again" (Coley, Gundry) - 2:44
10. "Wanting You Desperately" (Seals) - 3:55
11. "Just the Two of Us" (Coley, Seals) - 2:20

• Dan Seals – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John Ford Coley – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Shane Keister – keyboards
• Bobby Emmons – organ
• Johnny Christopher – acoustic guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
• Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
• Joe Osborn – bass
• Jack Williams – bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Gove Scrivenor – autoharp
• Cindy Reynolds – harp
• Harvey Thompson – saxophone solo
• Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
• Billy Puett – woodwinds
• Bergen White – string arrangements
• The Shelly Kurland Strings – strings
• Sheri Kramer – backing vocals
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals
• Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
• Vicki Lehning – backing vocals (11)

• Producer – Kyle Lehning
• Engineers – Kyle Lehning and Marshall Morgan
• Assistant Engineer – Tom Knox
• Recorded at Studio By The Pond (Hendersonville, TN).
• Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at A&R Studios (New York, NY), assisted by Ed Rak.
• Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
• Photography – Alan Bergman
• Management – Susan Joseph