Chasin' them better days And I've been livin' in fast lanes Dodgin' them cold rains Keepin' my faith And I've been waitin' on sunshine Rollin' with the hard times That come my way A little money in the bank

And if you know who you are, And if my heart's had wings, I'd be the bird that sings, I'd fly where love isn't shy And everyone is willing to try. And if we had the time, And time's so hard to find, I can't believe what you say, Start sending those

Gimme back my bullets Gimme back, gimme back my bullets Life is so strange when its changin', yes indeed Well I've seen the hard times and the pressure's been on me But I keep on workin' like the workin' man do And I've got my act together, gonna walk

When times get hard Yeah the good thing is we might be falling apart But we're falling apart together We're falling apart together We just shake us on a little more salt and pepper Well it's another flash light dinner in the dark mm hm My baby's sweet

Hard, hard times It done been about 3 weeks Who you've been giving all your time? Girl a love like mine is hard to find, and you Girl tonight it's gon' be all mine Damn he gave me a hard time (hard time) Hard time, hard (hard) You give me such a hard time

Sometimes good intentions It’s all talk, talk, talk Talkin' in the wind It only slows you down If you start listenin' And it’s a whole lot harder to shine Don’t come across so well

(How we did it mayne, sweet sweet sugar cane) Trappin hard with the yay all times of the night All times of the night, all times of the night Charms 'em with some all of that and all of this (ay look at this) Empty the bottle nigga let the Dom drip

Hard times are here And everywhere you go Times are harder than They ever been before You know, people are driftin' From door to door But they can't find no heaven I don't care where they go

Sometimes good intentions It’s all talk, talk, talk Talkin' in the wind It only slows you down If you start listenin' And it’s a whole lot harder to shine Don’t come across so well

When you're living off the land Living off the land I'm just a man doing the best that I can Saint or a sinner, the loser can be a winner with a plan I'll be damned, sometimes it's hard, the backed-up bills on the credit card She keep on threatenin' to