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Artist: J.J. Cale
Canonical path: /jj-cale/hard-times
Related lyric paths: 6
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Hard Times
Read Hard Times lyrics by J.J. Cale on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Hard Times
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Hard times is about to get me
Hard times, they hurt my hands
Hard times, it took my woman
Hard times lead her to a richer man
Caught in the middle of some fool's advice
If you work real hard, you get a piece of the pie
Can't you hear that laughing
No, the jokes don't end
Consider my resources, it's a hard time to eat
Hard times, it's rough all around
Hard times, it's all gonna end
Hard times, just thinking about it
Consider my resources, it's a hard time to eat
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J.J. Cale performs "Hard Times", and this lyric page sits inside the J.J. Cale catalog on LyroVerse.
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