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Hard Times Lyrics by The Devil Makes Three

Spirits

2025

[Verse 1]
\nWent down to the corner-store to buy a loaf of bread
\nTried to pay at the checker, but the checker shook his head
\nHe said the price was up by twice more than I could afford
\nI hung my head and headed for the door
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nAnd it's hard, hard, hard times
\nThey charge you dollars while they're payin' you in dimes
\nAnd when they said it was gonna trickle down, you know that they were lyin'
\nAnd it's hard, hard
\nHard, hard
\nIt's hard, hard, hard times
\n
\n[Verse 2]
\nGot a letter from the landlord said he'd been lookin' round
\nAt the cost of livin' over on his sidе of town
\nHe said diamond rings and shiny things, they don't grow on trees
\nBut makin' sure hе can afford 'em all falls down on me
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nCause it's hard, hard, hard times
\nThey charge you dollars while they're payin' you in dimes
\nWhen they said it was gonna trickle down, you know that they were lyin'
\nAnd it's hard, hard
\nHard, hard
\nIt's hard, hard, hard times
\n
\n[Verse 3]
\nI asked a rich man how he got all he got
\nHow he had all he had while the rest of us had not
\nHe said a self-made man, that's what I am, but he seemed to find that funny
\nHe said hard work, perseverance, son, and other people's money
\n
\n[Chorus]
\nAnd it's hard, hard, hard times
\nThey charge you dollars while they're payin' you in dimes
\nWhen they said it was gonna trickle down, you know that they were lyin'
\nAnd it's hard, hard
\nHard, hard
\nIt's hard, hard
\nHard, hard
\nIt's hard, hard, hard times\n\n
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"Hard Times" appears on "Spirits" in 2025.

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