Oh Lord,
it's hard times out here
Times are hard and friends are few
And I don't know what I'm gonna do, Lord
I can't get a job, all my money's gone
And I think I'm losing everything, Lord
You know what I'm talkin' about,
Lord
Hard times, yeah
It's hard times
Don't you know we're living, Lord
Hard times, yeah
It's hard times
I look around,
I don't like what I see
Homeless on the streets
living in poverty
That ain't all,
let me tell you a little bit more
We send our kids to war, tell me what for
You know what I'm talking about, Lord
It's hard time, yeah
Everybody know it's hard time, yeah
And don't you know that
we're living, Lord
Hard time, yeah
It's hard time
Listen
People out there fussing
and fighting
They're robbing, stealing, it's a shame
You can't walk the streets day or night
An d I wanna know who's to blame
Is it me? Is it you?
I don't know who's to blame
But it's a shame, Lord, it's a shame
It's hard time, Lord,
I know it's hard time, Lord
I don't know what I'm gonna do
We gotta get ourselves together
Hard time
And you know what I'm
talking about, Lord
It's hard time
Nothing but hard time
Don't you know that we're living
a hard time, yeah
It's hard time, yeah
Lord, I'm talking about you
I'm talking about you
I don't know what
I'm gonna do, Lord
It's nothing but hard time, yeah
You can walk the streets at night, Lord
It's hard time, yeah
You're fussin' and fightin'
Robbin' and stealin'
It's hard time
It's hard time, yeah
I don't know what I'm gonna do, Lord
I got to find myself
I gotta get myself together
I'm talkin' about hard time
An d you know what I'm talkin' about