Down in the dell the farmer sits
kicks off his boots and checks his wits
up in the house the farmer’s wife
cuts off the tails with a carving knife
will it really be this way?
hard times are here to stay
hard times are here to stay
And there he leans upon his axe
no going on no turning back
no matter how much wood is split
the rains won’t come the prices hit
rock bottom and they stay
hard times will be the way
hard times will be the way
How fast the change can come
how soon we come undone
when fortune turns her eye the other way
lady luck has changed her mind
hard times are here to stay
And has it really come to this
this ancient land this hard rock kiss?
stripped of its timeless forest coat
she gave you life but now you float
on the sea of day to day
Hard times are here to stay
hard times are here to stay
hard times are here to stay
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