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Hard Time Blues

from All Roads by Joe Flood

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Words and music by Joe Flood, Jungle Curry Music, BMI, administered by BMG

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Hard Time Blues

It’s been hard times
They cut me open, sewed me up
I’m still not quite the same
People dying
Friends and loved ones up and gone
And only life to blame
Deep day dawning
Heavy snow and freezing rain
We just keep on keeping on
It’s a problem
Just keeping things enough in tune
So I can sing this song

But for now the birds still sing, the winter turns to spring
We wake up never knowing what the day will bring
Although the world like us is full of suffering
If you’ve got soul you know you’re part of everything
And everything like you is trying hard to lose
These hard time blues

Every morning
We wake up and we get to work
We all have things to do
Work and more work
It’s hard to know which way to turn
Here’s hoping we break through
Cars mean breakdowns
Insurance, gas, upkeep, repairs
Now tell me who owns who?
Nervous breakdowns
Who can you call to tow you home
When your world breaks in two?

And even when we can’t complain we all still do
It’s hard to learn your dreams are never coming true
It may take evolution for us to arrive
At an elegant solution to how to survive
Sometimes I wish the world would just hang up and drive
But while it’s in revolution and we’re still alive
Let’s live to love and know that we can learn to lose
These hard time blues

Let your hair down
And party on the down home blues
We need to lose control
Let me love you
That’s one thing I know how to do
And it can make us whole
These old hard times
They will come creeping up on you
There’s not much you can do
Ease your conscience
There’s evil here and everywhere
Please let me help you through

And go tell the world that you want more than sympathy
We live and lose the ones we love too easily
Whatever comfort we can find we fight to keep
And the cost of our convenience is that life is cheap
The sun will shine, the moon will burn, the stars will weep
The children run and play among the falling leaves
The seasons turn, the lovers learn, the blue sky grieves
Whatever magic you have hidden up your sleeves
Now’s the time to pull it out and help us lose
These hard time blues

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from All Roads, released October 17, 2021
Words and music by Joe Flood, Jungle Curry Music, BMI, administered by BMG Rights Management
© 2021
Joe Flood: acoustic and electric guitars, percussion
Homeboy Steve Antonakos: slide guitar
Neil Thomas: Hammond B3
Ron Sunshine: harmonica
Andres Villamil: double bass
Scott Kessel: drums and percussion

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Joe Flood New Haven, Connecticut

Joe Flood is a songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist who has performed, written, and recorded with many of the great names in American roots music, among them The Band, Blues Traveler, Dr. John, Bottle Rockets, Laura Cantrell, Eric Andersen, Happy and Artie Traum, Jim Weider, Eric "Roscoe" Ambel, Jono Manson, and the list goes on! Please visit www.joefloodmusic.com for more information. ... more

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