Hard Times for an Honest Man

One man does his work

He's not satisfied not at all

Feels like that he's being used

His self respect starts to fall

His frustration

Running very very high he takes it out

On the ones he loves, because it's safe

And who they gonna tell

And he hates that cold-bloodedness

That runs inside

Oh yes

It's hard times, for an honest man

Very, very hard times

Hard times, for an honest man

Very, very hard times

Sister,

She's got a lot of pride

You can see it when she walks into the room

But she's young

And she's unaware

Of what a brutal world can do to you

So she loves a man

He lies like a dog

Tears her little world all apart

So the walls go up

For the rest of her days

And there ain't no man can touch this

Girls heart

Oh yes.

It's hard times, for an honest man

Very, very hard times

Hard times, for an honest man

Very, very hard times

So we walk

From the front porch to the back yard

Just to laugh and say hello and

Say goodbye

But some days are hard, like a

Soldier's steel-toed boots

And the rent we pay to stay here

Gets high

Oh yes.

It's hard times, for an honest man

Very, very hard times

Hard times, for an honest man

Very, very hard times