Hard times here everywhere you go
Times is harder than ever before

Well the people are drifting from door to door
Can't find no heaven, don't care where they go

Oh, ho, uh, ah, oh
Oh, ho, uh, ah, oh

Let me tell you people just before I go
These hard times will kill you that's for sure

Oh, ho, uh, ah, oh
Oh, ho, uh, ah, oh

When you hear me singing my true lonesome song
These hard times can't last us so very long

Oh, ho, uh, ah, oh
Oh, ho, uh, ah, oh

If I ever get off this killin' floor
I'll never get down this low no more

Lord lord lord lord
I'll never get down this low no more

If you say you had money you better be sure
Cause these hard times will drive you from door to door