Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
No Hard Times, they still going on.
thanks to the cheap walls of some of these motels
i hear these conversations some of which i will never retell
but it doesn’t feel that far away when you hear somebody yell
“go to hell.”
i asked the weatherman and he didn’t know what was up.
the bossman told the doorman,
“sorry man, we can’t pay you to keep it shut.”
just then the optimist chimed in, said “at least we got this
half empty cup.”
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
No Hard Times, they still going on.
Fannie and Freddy were sweethearts,
lord lord how they could love
had quite a fling until the night King Midas lost his touch.
after that everything King Midas touched just stayed
the way it was.
we got pirates on the ocean we got pirates in the A.I.G.
i got three friends in prison, count ’em 1, 2, 3
you can say there’s justice just don’t say it to me.
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
No Hard Times, they still going on.
you know i’d be lying if i said this song would ever end.
down at the Food Lion last night they were having a sale on ham
and i stood in line waiting on mine i swear behind five
other men.
one was young had a minimum wage job.
one was about to retire just got laid off.
one had two kids running around, laughing, carrying on.
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
Hard Times ain’t just some old folks song.
No Hard Times, they still going on.