Ain't got long in this world
In the meantime, in the meantime
In a power outside ourselves
may your conscience serve you well
These hard times, these hard times,
hard times, come again no more
Hard times, it's hard times,
hard times, come again no
And I've lived in misery's doorstep
I've seen trouble all the way
We've seen trials and tribulations
In this time of discontent
We have reason, we have temptation,
we give our senses the fi nal say.
In this struggle, in this season
We seem to have long lost our way
These hard times, these hard times
Hard times, come again no more
Hard times, these hard times
Hard times, come again no more