Hard Times Are Here Again - Tom Paxton

Hard times are here again

Folks are hunkerin' down

All the lost and lonely men

Slowly leaving town

Some are traveling by their thumbs

Some are ridin' blind

Hoping things are better somewhere

Somewhere down the line

Don’t you worry, Lucy, love

See your mama through

Soon as daddy gets his job

He’s gonna send for you

Hard times are here again

All the wise old men

Told us there was no way we’d have

Times like these again

We gave them all the power

Gave them our belief

We listened and we trusted

And we landed on relief

Don’t you worry, Lucy, love

See your mama through

Soon as daddy gets his job

He’s gonna send for you

Hard times are here again

Money’s getting scarce

All the while the prices keep on

Rising something fierce

Someone’s getting richer, boys

On the money that we earn

While we are standing stranded

On the pavement getting burned

Don’t you worry, Lucy, love

See your mama through

Soon as daddy gets his job

He’s gonna send for you

Hard times are here again

Folks are hunkerin' down

All the lost and lonely men

Are slowly leaving town