Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

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My mother told me before she passed away,

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Said, "Son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray

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'Cause there'll be hard times,    Lord those hard times --

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Who knows better than I?"


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Well I soon found out just what she meant

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When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent;

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Talkin' 'about hard times,     hard times

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Who knows better than I?


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I had a woman, Lord,    who was always around,

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But when I lost my money,     she put me down.

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Talkin' 'bout hard times,      you know those hard times,

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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?


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Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow

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When I pass away,

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And no more hard times,

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Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?