Rough Time Blues

Lyrics for Rough Time Blues

Won't somebody give me a quarter so I can Change it out for this old rusted dime? Won't somebody give me a quarter so I can Change it out for this old rusted dime? So I have fifteen more cents put on this Hard time of mine They tell me time, it got so hard that a Buzzard can't find a job Well, now they tell me that the That the time it got so hard, people A buzzard can't find a job You know it done got so rough out there I be forced to steal, steal and rob I would change the hard times for my Grandma's last home cooked meal Woo-ooh-ooh, y'all I would change these hard times for my Grandma's last home cooked meal People, we be back in the twenties again And it's almost time for a brand-new "Deal" (Play the blues) (Ah-ah-ot) (Gon' keep pickin' it like that) (Ain't gon' never get well) Just as sure as a dollar says "In God We Trust" Well, now just as sure as a dollar bill says "In God We Trust" Lord, have mercy You know my money done got so thin I can't even ride the bus At one time you could take a hundred dollars And you'd need help takin' your groceries back You could take one C-note and you would Need help takin' your groceries back (I remember, I remember) You know with that same old Franklin now You could put everything you bought in one sac Somebody give me a quarter (somebody) So I can change it out for this old lousy dime (Somebody, somebody) (Woo!) Somebody give me a quarter So I can change it out for this old rusted dime So I can have fifteen more cents Put on this (fifteen cent) Hard time of mine (hard time of mine) Well, oh well, oh well So I can have fifteen more cents to put on This hard time of mine