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