Mm mm mm mm mm Whoa, yeah All my hard times soon be over All my hard times soon be over, yeah I was born in a two-room shack The only thing I owned was hangin' on my back Been in trouble, thrown in jail Had nobody to go my bail But now All my hard times soon be over All my hard times, y'all, soon be over, yeah Listen I've been pushed and I've been shoved Been put down by the people I love I've been hurt and I've been scorned Times I wished I'd never been born Oh, ah all my hard times soon be over Talkin' 'bout all of my All of my hard times soon be over Hey, hey Hard, hard times Help, help, help somebody Hard, hard times Lord, have mercy on me I blamed the whole world for the shape I was in I was too blind to see My worst enemy was under my skin It was me I was lost but now I'm found There ain't no way to keep a good man down You came along and took my hand Made me feel like a natural man And now All my hard times Pretty soon Whoa, talkin' 'bout all of my All of my hard times soon be over I wonder is there anybody here tonight Cry when things don't go right? You don't have to feel blue The place in the sun for me and you One fine mornin' gonna rise and shine Sure gonna ease this troubled mind Talkin' 'bout all All of my hard times soon Whoa oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Whoa, gonna soon Gonna ease my troubled mind You don't have to cry