Jimmy Buffett — Theres Nothing Soft About Hard Times

Everyday, held a new surprise I watched the hunger burnin' in my sisters' eyes The pasteboard shack we called a home, would haunt me in my dreams There's nothing soft about hard times 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times We never knew anything groovy A dime meant bread, and not a movie The muscles that control my smile were rarely ever used 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about hard times I had to go 'cause I could see I wasn't meant for poverty The family ties were broken soon I went off to find the moon So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square I drink my wine, and I breathe the midnight air Tomorrow I'll just hit the streets and bum another dime 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about hard times I had to go 'cause I could see I wasn't meant for poverty The family ties were broken soon I went off to find the moon So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square I drink my wine, and I breathe the midnight air Tomorrow I'll just hit the streets, and bum another dime 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about hard times There's nothing soft about no-no-no-no those hard times There's nothing soft about hard times No-no-no those hard times There's nothing soft about hard times I'm gonna tell ya about the hard times There's nothing soft about hard times