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Introduction:
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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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'Cause 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, hard times
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Who knows better than I?
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I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,
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But when I lost my money, she put me down.
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Talkin' 'bout hard times, you know those hard times,
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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?
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Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow
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When I pass away,
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And no more hard times,
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Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?
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