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, hard times, oh yeah Who knows better than I? Well, I soon found out, just what she meant When I had to pawn my clothes, just to pay my rent Talkin' 'bout hard times, hard times, oh yeah Who knows [Incomprehensible] better than I? I had a woman, Lord, who was always around But when I lost my money, then she put me down Talkin' 'bout hard times, you know those hard Yeah Lord, who knows better than I? Yeah Lord, yeah, one of these days There'll be no more sorrow, when I pass away And no more hard times, I said no more hard Yeah Lord, who knows, yeah Lord, better than I?