Hard Times

by Big Creek Slim (Big Creek Slim)

1.

Now just lean back and turn your conscience loose

And let me tell you my migration blues

If that ain’t hard times

I guess hard times ain’t for me

Now if that ain’t hard times hoo well I guess hard times ain’t for me

2.

I don’t wanna cry upon a belly that’s full

But I got worries crawlin’ up my scull

Now if that ain’t hard times.....

3.

Working two jobs sometimes even three

And still the system turns its back on me

Now if that ain’t hard times......

4.

Work is hard and wife’s a drag

A weary head and and an aching back

Now if that ain’t hard times.....

5.

Work like a dog just to pay my rent

Then the landlord rips me down to my bottom cent

Now if that ain’t hard times......

6.

Child got burned with a second degree

The worst old thing that ever happened to me

Now if that ain’t hard times.......

7.

What can a man do when he’s ‘bout to choke

Lean back and let it all go up in smoke

Now I got hard times......

8.

Yeah I got trouble and they are like a curse

But I reckon things could have been much much worse

Talkin’ ‘bout hard times.....

9.

Some people can’t even afford no bed

Some folks got bombs fallin’ over their heads

Now that’s hard times

I hope hard times ain’t for me

Yeah if that’s hard times

I hope hard times ain’t for me