Hard Times

[Intro ]
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Yeah I've been having hard times 
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They drive me out of my mind 
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Well I've been having hard times 
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Drive me out of my mind 
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Oh I've been done wrong 
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and if you listen to my song 
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and if you listen to my song 
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you'll know how I've been done wrong. 
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Well they arrested me and they threw me in jail 
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Yeah they arrested me and they threw me in jail 
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Now I've been tryna do right 
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Somehow I always lost the fight 
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Although I try to do right, somehow I always fail 
 

 
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Well I've been having these hard times 
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Yeah I've been having these hard times 
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Well don't you know that these hard times 
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They're just about to break me apart 
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But I will still hold my head high 
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Yeah I will still hold my head high 
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Well I will hold my head high 'til I can make a new song 
 

 
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And then they threw me in the hole (and they threw me in the hole) 
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Ah yes they threw me in the hole (you know they threw me in threw me in the hole) 
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oh where the wind it don't blow (oh yes they threw me in the hole) 
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I swore to god I'd die (swore to god I'd die) 
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Oh lonely darkness I cry (oh lonely darkness, I cry) 
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And I just don't know why (no I just don't know why) 
 

 
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Well I've been having these hard times 
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Yeah I've been having these hard times 
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Well don't you know that these hard times 
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They're just about to break me apart 
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But I will still hold my head high 
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Yeah I will still hold my head high 
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Well I will hold my head high 'til I can make a new song 

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Now it's so hard to tell 
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oh when you're lying to yourself 
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And when yo'ure lying to yourself 
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You can't trust nobody else 
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I better make my mind numb 
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I know I been cursed with bad luck 
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Oh I better make my mind numb (or I will always be stuck) 
 

 
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Well I've been having these hard times 
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Yeah I've been having these hard times 
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Well don't you know that these hard times 
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They're just about to break me apart 
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But I will still hold my head high 
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Yeah I will still hold my head high 
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Well I will hold my head high 'til I can make a new song