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Ain't These Them Hard Times (We Been Talking About)

from Addicted To The Machine - Disk 2 by Lord Baldwin

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Richie been looking all over the northwest
for work to keep his family out of debt.
Turned down, patronized and strung out like the rest,
because there's not too many paying jobs to get.
Bad back, complications, Ray's stuck in the mire.
Down to picking up river debris.
Take it home, chop it up, throw it on the fire,
one short step away from poverty.
Ain't these them hard times we been talking about
supposed to come some future year?
Better board up the windows and load up the guns,
hard times are finally here.

Standing in the food line with a rock churning in my gut,
for government cheese that's passed around.
Dignity and pride are eating at me but,
A man's gotta do something when he's down.
Taxes due, payments late, bank at the door;
the car's been repossessed and towed away.
Have to sell what I can, hope they don't ask for more,
I'm just barely getting by from day to day.
Ain't these them hard times we been talking about
supposed to come some future year?
Better board up the windows and load up the guns,
because hard times are finally here.

Coming down the wire seems it’s every man for himself
trying to get that last slice of the pie.
But what’s to be done for everybody else
when the only store is burning in the night?
Seems like pretty soon, we're all heading for a war
over shelter, fuel and enough to eat.
Can't hardly trust some people anymore,
just some true friends and some family down the street.
Ain't these them hard times we been talking about
supposed to come some future year?
Better board up the windows and load up the guns,
because hard times are finally here.

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from Addicted To The Machine - Disk 2, released December 10, 2011

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Lord Baldwin Olympia, Washington

Lord Baldwin has created 44 ALBUMS
between 1991 and 2001

Between 2011 and 2023, created, 23 ALBUMS

Published a 4-book series called, “Stepping Between The Ants”

A 4-book series called, “From The Lost Letters Sent” chronicling the first 44 albums' songs created between 1968 to 2001

As playwright, wrote a musical play (book) called;
““RESILIENT the Musical” A Web-Based Episodic Play & Story” ... more

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