New Hard Times

Ask any mirror

Is there no escape

He will show you lines that time has etched into your face

And all around the edges

Life is turning gray

And you can no longer turn your head the other way

And the new hard times are here

And the new hard times are here

When eating comes too easy

Nothing makes you think

There's too much time to sun yourself

And too much wine to drink

And now there's nothing left to help maintain your failing pride

You hunger for the older days when rich men satisfied

And the new hard times are here

And the new hard times are here

In the twilight years life takes a bend

And you start to view it from the other end

You laughed a lot and had your fun

Now you find there's so much left undone

And ashes to ashes, dust to dust

In your lifetime that's the only rule you've come to trust

And waiting 'round the corner

To put his arms around you

Death comes a'courting and you don't know what to do

And the new hard times are here

And the new hard times are here

And the new hard times are here

And the new hard times are here