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