My mother told me before she passed away
Said, Son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray
'Cause there'll be hard times, Lord those hard times
Who knows better than I
Well I soon found out just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent
Talkin' 'about hard times, hard times
Who knows better than I
I had a woman, Lord, who was always around
But when I lost my money, she put me down
Talkin' 'bout hard times, you know those hard times
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I
Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I