Hard, Hard Times Lyrics

Hard Hard Times
Poor Jacky's on the street with his bottle of grog
Hard hard times
He'll try and bite you for a couple of bob
Hard hard times
Wrecked and drownin' in a sea of grog
His pride and self-respect's been robbed
Worse off than a white man's dog
Hard hard times

Chorus:

And it's hard times livin 'in the lucky country
Hard hard times
Black man say "Poor fella my country"
Hard hard times
The spirits have fled from the rocks and trees

Hard hard times
The land is sick from
white man's disease
Hard hard times
Their l___ and greed does them betray
The rape the land to make it pay
The black man just got in their way
Hard hard times
The black man's dream time's dead and gone
Hard hard times
The white man's dream time marches on
Hard hard times
They tried to make you civilized
They just don't seem to realize,
What they touched they b______ized
Hard hard times.