hard times no one knows better than i

Ray Charles

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
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
Who knows better than I?

I had a woman
Who was always around
But when I lost my money
She put me down
Talkin bout hard times
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

Lord, one of these days
There ll be no sorrow
When I pass away
And no more hard times