I'm goin' down to the river, just to see the water run I'm goin' down to the river, just to see the water run And to think about my troubles, and where all my money gone Times has got so hard that I cannot find no job Times has got so hard that I cannot find no job And every mornin', the rent man grabs on my doorknob I'm gettin' so raggedy, I ain't got no decent clothes I'm gettin' so raggedy, I ain't got no decent clothes And I ain't got nobody, ain't got nowhere to go Now I'm worried, and no tellin' what I'm going to do Now I'm worried, and no tellin' what I'm going to do My friends don't know me and I can't get a dime or two Soon as hard times strikes me, my baby puts me off Soon as hard times strikes me, my baby puts me off Now I guess you know, what these hard times is all about