<br>When I was young my daddy said son 
<br>Never be ashamed of where your from 
<br>There's nothing wrong with your last name 
<br>So don't be lookin' for people to blame 
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<br>Cause hard times they come and they go 
<br>Most of the time there in the middle of your road 
<br>Same pain, in different ways 
<br>Don't ya know son when it pours it rains 
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<br>Hard times, in the middle of your road 
<br>Hard times, creeping up on the good folks you know 
<br>Hard times, your daddy wakes up in your liquor store 
<br>Hard times, from the California hills to the Cumberland road 
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<br>You got yours and id have mine 
<br>Most of the good folks have tried and tried 
<br>Make a minimum on your minimum wage 
<br>Your Comin' up short nearly every day 
<br>Whats enough and whats the cost 
<br>They cant stand up cause all is lost 
<br>??? is up and your doors are locked 
<br>There's a poor boy living on every block 
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<br>Hard times, in the middle of your road 
<br>Hard times, creeping up on the good folks you know 
<br>Hard times, living down where the rest of you know 
<br>Hard times, from the California hills to the Cumberland road 
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<br>When i was young my daddy said son 
<br>Never be ashamed of where your from 
<br>There's nothing wrong with your last name 
<br>So don't be looking for people to blame 
<br>
<br>Cause hard times they come and they go 
<br>And most of the time there in the middle of your road 
<br>Its the same pain every way 
<br>Don't you know when in pours it rains 
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<br>Then I'll always be around 
<br>Following you from town to town 
<br>But you can get up when they put you down 
<br>Cause everybody's got 'em if you look around 
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<br>Hard times, in the middle of your road 
<br>Hard times, creeping up on the good folks you know 
<br>Hard times, huddling around the wood burning stove 
<br>Hard times, from the California hills to the Cumberland road<br>