Favorite Hard Times Songs,Tell us your favorite songs about hard times.~Freeper Canteen~1-29-09

[jla]

‘Hard Times’ as sung by Lacy J. Dalton

[doosee]

How about “16 Tons and what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt, St. Peter dont you call me cause I cant go, I owe my soul to the company store” - Tennesse Ernie Ford. Great tune.

[Doohickey]

The Kinks - Low Budget

Cheap is small and not too steep
But best of all cheap is cheap
Circumstance has forced my hand
To be a cut price person in a low budget land
Times are hard but we’ll all survive
I just got to learn to economize

I’m on a low budget
I’m on a low budget
I’m not cheap, you understand
I’m just a cut price person
in a low budget land
Excuse my shoes they don’t quite fit
They’re a special offer and they hurt me a bit
Even my trousers are giving me pain
They were reduced in a sale so
I shouldn’t complain
They squeeze me so tight so
I can’t take no more
They’re size 28 but I take 34

I’m on a low budget
What did you say
I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that

I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land

I’m shopping at Woolworth and
low discount stores
I’m dropping my standards so
that I can buy more

[Quality costs, but quality wastes,
So I’m giving up all of my expensive tastes.
Caviar and champagne are definite no’s,
I’m acquiring a taste for
brown ale and cod roes]

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Low budget sure keeps me on my toes
I count every penny and I watch where it goes
We’re all on our uppers we’re all going skint
I used to smoke cigars but
now I suck polo mints

I’m on a low budget
What did you say
Yea I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m on a low budget
Low budget
Low budget

Art takes time, time is money
Money’s scarce and that ain’t funny
Millionaires are things of the past
We’re in a low budget film
where nothing can last
Money’s rare there’s none to be found
So don’t think I’m tight if
I don’t buy a round

I’m on a low budget
What did you say
Yes I’m on a low budget
I thought you said that
I’m on a low budget
I’m a cut price person in a low budget land
I’m on a low budget
Say it again
Low budget
One more time
Low budget

[I look like a tramp, but don’t write me off,
I’ll have you all know, I was once a toff
At least my hair is all mine,
my teeth are my own,
But everything else is on permanent loan.
Once all my clothes were made by hand,
Now I’m a cut price person
in a low budget land.
I’m on a low budget
I’ll have you all know
We’re on a low budget
I’m on a low budget]

[Canedawg]

I’ll go with Slowhand for this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiwJx5fRjiw

[fatima]

I can’t find it with Lacy but I did find this.((((Hugs)))))
Bob Dylan: Hard Times [Live]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXZxMFzigUQ&feature=PlayList&p=902E7FA0E1026EA6&playnext=1&index=30

[BIGLOOK]

Aoha fatima!

Taxman by SRV is appropriately a favorite this time of year.

[mnehring]

All of these more are dealing with hard time songs..

Kind of dark for most FReepers, but I would have to say Depeche Mode’s Blasphemous rumors. (MTV banned the original video because it was so dark).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muziKxIyh5g

Others-
Garbage, I’m only happy when it rains. (sorry, major crush on Shirley Manson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdodc1Eu1nA

Seether and Amy Lee, Broken
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoUOrLe4vlY&feature=rec-HM-rn

finally, for now, one of my all time favorites- Kamelot, The Haunting (you would need to know the whole epic story in the album to understand the connection to the theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWDALIOzXNk&feature=related

[JimC214]

Foghat - A Hole To Hide In - Woke up this mornin’ and I crawled out of bed,
I made a cup of coffee just to clear my head.
I felt all right ‘til I looked on the floor,
There was a pile of bills stacked against the door.
I went in the kitchen and drank another cup,
I sat down at the table and added it up.
When I discovered how much I owe,
I said, ooh, ooh, it's time to go.
Mailman stay away from my door,
Got too many bills I don't need no more,
I don't know what I'm gonna do, but while I'm deciding,
To save my soul, I'm going to find me a hole to hide in,
{Instrumental}
Everyday it's the same old thing,
I know in advance what the man's gonna bring.
Registered letters from all over town,
Those final reminders are gettin’ me down.
I once had money, but it's all been spent,
And now the landlord said he needs the rent.
Telephone company cuttin’ off my phone,
Why don't they all just leave me alone?
Mailman keep away from my door,
Got too many bills I don't need no more.
I don't know what I'm gonna do, but while I'm deciding,
To save my soul, I'm going to find me a hole to hide in.
Mailman, stay away from my door.
Mailman stay away from my door.
Mailman stay away from my door.
Mailman yea, stay away from my door, whoo

[fatima]

Thanks doosee (((((Hugs))))

Tennessee Ernie Ford Sings 16 Tons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joo90ZWrUkU

[Canedawg]

Here’s the softer, acoustic version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDykZEATzk&feature=related

[Ben Hecks]

- I Bought the Shoes That Just Walked Out on Me

- I’ve Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand

- How Come Your Dog Don’t Bite Nobody but Me?

[jla]

www.lacyjdalton.com

[fatima]

Thanks Doohickey :)
The Kinks - Low Budget

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HEW5bXqKbU

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

CALIFORNIA COTTONFIELDS

My driftin’ mem’ry goes back to the spring of ‘43
When I was just a child in mama’s arms
My daddy plowed the ground and prayed that some day we could leave
This run down mortaged Oklahoma farm
Then one night I heard my daddy sayin’ to my mama
That he finally saved enough for us to go
California was his dream a paradise wall he had seen
Pictures in magazines that told him so
California cottonfields
Where labor camps were full of worried men with broken dreams
California cottonfields was as close to wealth as daddy ever came
[ rh.guitar ]
Almost everything we had was sold or left behind
From daddy’s plow and the fruit that mama canned
Some folks came to say farewell and see what all we had to sell
But some just came to shake my daddy’s hand
The Model A was loaded down and California bound
And a change of luck was just four days away
But the only change that I remember seeing for my daddy
Was when his dark hair had turned to silver gray
California cottonfields...
California cottonfields...

[GVnana]

“Midnight Special” by Huddy Ledbetter (Leadbelly)

[fatima]

Thanks Canedawg (((((Hugs))))

[sit-rep]

Boulevard of broken dreams...

[PeteePie]

Hobo Blues

I got a hole in my pocket
I done packed my old knapsack
I got a train to catch a mile on down the track
Well I been hanging around this old town way too many days
I got to ramble on and I must be on my way

I got the hobo blues
I gotta go gotta go God I got the hobo blues
When I hear that whistle blow some
I gotta move gotta move God
I got the hobo blues

Some women try to hold me but I keep on movin’ on
My hat don’t hang in nowhere for too long
‘Cause I’m caught up in the feeling of the singin’ brakemans song
I got the hobo blues deep down in my bones

When I die oh won’t you bury me in an old box car
With a coffee can and my old guitar
But make sure that I’m close enough to hear that passin’ train
I got the freight train fever chuggin’ through my veins

Author unknown.

[buccaneer81]

"I'm Not Gonna Let It Bother Me Tonight"...Atlanta Rhythm Section.

"Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life"...Monty Python.