I had
a man,
he beat me every night
Twice in the mornin' pad
To make sure he got it right
He came a -down,
said he bought too low
Put roller skates on old
granny's crutches
Cause she was movin' too slow I've had hard knocks,
hard rocks, hard shifts
And it's been hard to see
I've had hard work, hard livin'
And hard luck hard after me
I've had hard books, hard looks
And real collectors hard on my behalf
But you ain't never had it hard
Till you had the heart of hard times
One guy I had run around with women
Gays and not -so -happies,
He brought me home to her past
Said, this is a gift from me to you
He liked his lov in' often,
when it came it didn't matter
He made me get up on the table,
said he wanted served up on a platter
I've had it on hard rocks, hard seats,
hard beds and hardwood floors
I've had hard lovin', hard heads,
while havin' hard time
I've had hard, hard, heartaches,
and right now I'm not doin' too fine
Cause the hardest thing I'm gettin' right now,
is hard times
Girl, ain't gettin' nothin' hard these days,
y 'all
That is, nothin' but time
I've had hard nights,
hard rocks, hard shifts
And it's been hard to see
I've had hard work,
hard livin' and hard luck
Hard after me
I've had hard books,
hard looks and bill collectors
Hard on my behind
But the hardest thing I'm gettin' right now
Is hard times
I've had hard backs, hard smacks,
and right now I'm getting a hard beating too
I've had hard walls,
hard falls I'm not getting anything hard from you
I've had it hard all my life
I've had hard mattresses, hard taxes, yeah,
I've had hard times, all the time, I've had
hard times, most of the time.
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