Toots & The Maytals — Time Tough

[Intro] Ooh, feelin' Listen [Verse 1] I go to bed But sleep won't come Get up in the night I couldn't fight my feeling, no Early in the morning, oh mercy It's just the same situation, na-na-na Here came the landlord, yeah Just a-knocking upon my door, you knockin' upon my door I've got four hundred month rent to pay And I can't find a job [Chorus] Let me, let me tell you time tough (Time tough) Everything is out of sight, it's so hard (So hard) So hard (So hard) Time tough (Time tough) Everything is going higher and higher (Higher and higher) [Verse 2] Sister Lee cannot bear it And brother Lincoln hardly stand it, man They're crying night and day, louder and louder Nobody to help them make their way I've got four hundred month rent to pay And I can't find a dollar [Chorus] Let me, let me, let me tell you time tough (Time tough) Everything is out of sight, it's so hard (So hard) So hard (So hard) Time hard (Time hard) Everything is going higher and higher (Higher and higher) [Verse 3] Good times was leading to bad times But now the bad times take over, ooooh When I was a little boy I just keep on feeling it, feeling it, feeling it, feeling it, wow! Get down! [Guitar solo] Eh, eh, eh [Chorus] Time tough (Time tough) Everything is out of sight, it's so hard (So hard) So hard (So hard) Time tough (Time tough) Everything is going higher and higher (Higher and higher) [Verse 4] Can't blame the minister And you can't blame the preacher And you can't blame your brother And you cannot blame your sister Can't blame your friends 'Cause today is the judgement day And that's why everyone have to pray [Chorus] Let me tell you time tough (Time tough) Everything is out of sight, it's so hard (So hard) So hard (So hard) Time tough (Time tough) Everything is going higher and higher (Higher and higher) [Outro] Higher and higher (Higher and higher) Higher and higher (Higher and higher) Higher and higher (Higher and higher)