Lyric There s Nothing Soft About Hard Times

By: Jimmy Buffett
1970
Every day held a new surprise
I watched the hunger burning in my sister s eyes
The paste-board shack we called a home
Would haunt me in my dreams
Cause there s nothing soft about hard times
There s nothing soft about hard times

We never knew anything groovy
A dime meant bread and not a movie
The muscles that controlled my smile were rarely ever used
Cause there s nothing soft about hard times
There s nothing soft about hard times

Chorus:
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 street and bum another dime
Cause there s nothing soft about hard times
There s nothing soft about hard times

Chorus:
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 street 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 hard times
There s nothing soft about hard times
No, no, no, no those hard times
There s nothing soft about hard times
I m going to tell you about the hard times
There s nothing soft about hard times
No, no, no, no hard times