Hard Times
Àס¤²é¶û˹(Ray Charles) Lyrics

My mother told me
My mother imparted some advice to me

'Fore she passed away
Before she died

Said son when I'm gone
She said to me that when she's no longer there

Don't forget to pray
To not forget to pray

'Cause there'll be hard times
Because difficult times will come

Lord those hard times
Those hard times will be arduous

Who knows better than I?
I am the one who knows it best

Well I soon found out
Soon afterwards I found out

Just what she meant
What my mother meant by hard times

When I had to pawn my clothes
When I had to sell my clothes for quick money

Just to pay the rent
In order to pay the rent

Talkin' 'bout hard times
This is what I was talking about, difficult times

Lord those hard times
Gosh, those hard times are really overwhelming

Who knows better than I?
No one knows it better than me

I had a woman
I was in a relationship with a woman

Who was always around
She was always there for me

But when I lost my money
But when I became penniless

She put me down
She left me

Talkin' 'bout hard times
This is what I was talking about, difficult times

Hard times
Hard times are really challenging

Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
I am the one who knows it best, indeed

Lord, one of these days
Someday, Lord

There'll be no more sorrow
There will be no more pain or sadness

When I pass away
When I die

And no more hard times
And there will be no more difficult moments

No more hard times
No more struggles

Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
I am the one who knows it best, surely