There's Nothin' Soft About Hard Times

Every day held a new surprise

I watched the hunger burning in my sister's eyes

The paste-board shack we called home

Would haunt me in my dreams

'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times



We never knew anything groovy

A dime meant bread and not a movie

The muscles that controlled my smile were rarely ever used

'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times



Had to go 'cause I could see I wasn't meant for poverty

The family ties were broken soon and I went off to find the moon



So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square

I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air

Tomorrow I'll just hit the street and bum another dime

'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times



Had to go 'cause I could see I wasn't meant for poverty

The family ties were broken soon and I went off to find the moon



So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square

I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air

Tomorrow I'll just hit the street and bum another dime

'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times.