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Artist: John Petrucci
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Hard Times
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Hard Times
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Hard times come to me no more
Hard times
The winter is upon you now, the wind is driving in
You gotta
Ohh your breath will freeze, on the ground is stone and this holes become my jail
Hard times come to me no more
Ohh hard times come to me no more
You gotta give me something back
You gotta,
You gotta give me something back
You gotta give me something back, c'mon
You gotta give me something back
You gotta rise above it all x4
You hear the flowers breathing beneath the ice and snow
The winter skins, the frozen tears these things we've come to know
Hard times come to me no more
I keep searchin', but I wishin' your poor ???
Ohh hard times come to me no more
You gotta,
You gotta give me something back
You gotta give me something back, c'mon
You gotta give me something back, hey hey
You gotta give me something back, right now
You gotta rise above it all x4
Hey
You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta,
You gotta rise above it all
You gotta give me something back, c'mon
You gotta rise above it all x7
You gotta give me something back
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