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Artist: Elkie Brooks
Canonical path: /elkie-brooks/hard-times
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hard Times
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Hard Times
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My mother told me 'fore she passed away
Said girl, when I'm gone don't forget to pray
'Cause there'll be hard times
Hard times
Oh yeah, and who knows better than I
Well, I soon found out just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay my rent
Talkin' about hard times
Hard times
Yeah, yeah, and who knows better than I
I had a man, Lord, who was always around
But when I lost my money and he put me down
Talkin' about hard times
You know those hard
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I
Yeah, Lord, yeah, one of these days
There'll be no more sorrow when I pass away
And no more hard times
I said no more hard
Yeah, Lord, who know better, Lord
Better than I
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