HARD TIMES
(Bobby Braddock)


Lacy J. Dalton - 1980





Same old bills on the dresser
Same old sheets on the bed
Same old cans in the kitchen
The same old day-old bread
Same old sad-eyed news man
On the same old TV set
Talkin' 'bout a big depression
But I ain't worried yet
'Bout hard times, hard times

Hard times is a daddy and a mother
Livin' in a mansion and hatin' each other
Hard times is losin' your faith
And watchin' your spirits fall
Hard times is the children, too
Rackin' their brains about who loves who
We ain't got no hard times at all

Sister's got the same old dolly
Brother's got the same old train
The same old love and laughter
Playin' the same old games
I know you want to sail the south seas
And I want to see Paree
But as long as there's a bed to lie in
There's still a lot of sights to see

'Cause hard times is a daddy and a mother
Livin' in a mansion and hatin' each other
Hard times is losin' your faith
And watchin' your spirits fall
Hard times is the children, too
Rackin' their brains about who loves who
We ain't got no hard times at all
We ain't got no hard times
Honey, we ain't got no hard times
We ain't got no hard times at all






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - January 2012)