My mother told me
`Fore she passed away
Said son when I`m gone
Don`t forget to pray
`Cause there`ll be hard times
Lord those hard times
Who knows better than I?
Well I soon found out
Just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes
Just to pay the rent
Talkin` `bout hard times
Lord those hard times
Who knows better than I?
I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down
Talkin` `bout hard times
Hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Lord, one of these days
There`ll be no more sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times
No more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?