Feeling particularly down one day last week I wrote this song. It is a rip off of an old blues tune Eric Clapton recorded (Hard times) This one is titled stoney's hard time blues. It was wrttten as fast as I typed it but I added one verses today just before posting it. I did so just to even it out and end it on an upper note .

what a terrible day
what an awful night
went to church and prayed
God please make it alright
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
who knows better than I

hard times seem to be
around every bend
just when I think it will stop
it doesn't seem to end
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
who knows better than I

the preasure builds
deep down in side
no place to run to
and no place hide
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
who knows better than I

I've never hit that summit
but been in that valley below
be down so long
I just know where else to go
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
who knows better than I

I'm feeling empty
and cold as ice
my head is splitting
life just seems to really bite
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
who knows better than I

rejected by plenty
devil wouldn't buy my soul
I've nothing to offer
just dragged out and feeling old
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
who knows better than I

live each day
as if it were your last
don't hold any grudges
let go of the past
now you know I'm talkin' hard times
hard times
just maybe we can survive

stoney rohde