Hard Times (No Ones Knows Better Than I)

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, Lord those hard times --

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Who knows better than I?"



Well I soon found out just what she meant


When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent;


Talkin about hard times, hard times

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Who knows better than I?



I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,


But when I lost my money, she put me down.


Talkin bout hard times, you know those hard times,

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Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?



Lord, one of these days, there ll be no sorrow


When I pass away,


And no more hard times,


Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?


Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?