Now it´s hard time, baby, hard times everywhere I go
Hard times, baby, hard times everywhere I go
Now these people keep cryin´  ´bout hard times, they comin´  more and more

Now I don´t even see what these poor people is going to do
Now I can´t see what people, these poor people is going to do
Keep cryin´ about these hard times and they coming more and more

Now I went to the factory this mornin´ where I had worked ten years ago
And I went to the factory this mornin´ where I had worked ten years ago
And the bossman told me that they ain´t hirin´ in here no more

Hard times, boy, and it´s hard times everywhere I go
Hard times, boy, hard times everywhere I go

These people keep crying ´bout hard times and there´s no work in here no more

Now if I was a bluebird, mama, had my trunk packed on my back
Hey if I was a bluebird, had my trunk packed on my back
I would fly away from this town, mama, and I´d swear I would never come back.