♫ Hard Times ~ Don Edwards ~ Live at the Western Jubilee Warehouse (2009)

Hard Times ~ Don Edwards ~ Live at the Western Jubilee Warehouse (2009)
"Don Edwards is a cowboy singer and guitarist who performs Western music. He has recorded several albums, two of which, Guitars & Saddle Songs and Songs of the Cowboy, are included in the Folklore Archives of the Library of Congress."
Wikipedia
"Hard Times" Lyrics
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Wherever you be.
I'll sing you a song
It's a sad tragedy.
Everybody's grabbing
For the 'pie in the sky'
And they're cheating each other
And I'll tell you why
It's hard times in the country
It's hard times I cried
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die
Since cheating has grown
To be such a fashion
I believe in my soul
It'll ruin the whole nation
Fought and we died
For the 'Land of the Free'
Now the 'Home of the Brave'
Is all laid up with greed
It's hard times in the country
It's hard times I cried
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die
Now there's the politicians
In Washington D.C.
They've civilized freedom
Till there ain't nothing free
And there's too many rules
And there's too many laws
Bad men in high places
And good men on the dodge
It's hard times in the country
It's hard times I cried
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die
Big government they're preaching
Their protection creed
They pander big business
and all of their greed
Globalization
Their free trade plan
To put the whole world
In a few strong hands
It's hard times in the country
It's hard times I cried
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die
Republicrats and Democans
It ain't no surprise
Got their hands full of gimme
Got their mouths full of lies
Left wing, right wing
Got this to say
That they're just two wings
Of the same bird of prey
It's hard times in the country
It's hard times I cried
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die
Now our backs
Are against the wall
Gonna make a stand
We have no choice at all
No where to run
No where to hide
We must take back our country
Before America dies
Hard times in the country
Lord it's hard ain't it hard
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die
Now this is a warning
I hope you take heed
Don't give up your freedom
For Security
Security is a myth
There ain't no such thing
Tell 'm all to go to hell
Let Freedom Ring!
It's hard times in the country
It's hard times I cried
If the times they don't kill me
I'll live till I die