[00:18.45]downtown people live in a harsh reality
[00:22.02]walk among the homeless,
[00:23.58]no so hard to see
[00:25.90]searching for hand-outs on these
[00:28.18]heartless city streets
[00:30.03]nobody seems to notice faces
[00:32.36]filled with grief
[00:34.23]hard time blues
[00:38.08]just can't win
[00:39.77]ev'ry way you lose
[00:43.64]hard time blues
[00:45.95]around the corner
[00:47.76]hard times on the loose
[00:50.07]crack dealers profit from
[00:51.94]their daily sells
[00:54.14]gang wars racing, it's a living hell
[00:58.38]cold blood running,
[00:59.77]can't you feel the chill
[01:02.08]don't leave your house tonight
[01:03.76]just might get you killed
[01:06.32]hard time blues
[01:10.16]just can't win
[01:11.68]ev'ry way you loose
[01:14.43]hard time blues
[01:18.44]around the corner
[01:19.75]hard times on the loose
[01:22.90]can't you see that i'm running
[01:26.54]running just like a fool
[01:30.34]nowhere to run to baby
[01:34.09]from these hard time
[01:37.52]hard time blues
[01:41.39]these hard time blues
[01:45.51]yeah, hard time blues
[01:48.50]the hard time
[01:51.81]hard time blues
[02:02.96]
[02:09.17]don't watch your tv,
[02:10.67]or read the daily press
[02:12.74]the world's light is dimming,
[02:14.68]the economy's depressed
[02:16.76]preacher's on probation,
[02:18.61]and the president is stressed
[02:20.56]worrying 'bout elections,
[02:22.69]votes he needs to get
[02:24.87]hard time blues
[02:28.72]just can't win
[02:30.53]ev'ry way you lose
[02:33.53]hard time blues
[02:36.77]around the corner
[02:38.21]hard times on the loose.