(Joe South)

All of my hard times soon'll be over
All of my hard times soon'll be over.

I've been pushed and I been shoved
I been put down by the people I love
I've been hurt and I been scorned
At times I wish I'd never been born.

But all of my hard times soon'll be over
All of my hard times soon'll be over.

I was raised in a two room shack
The only thing I owned was hangin' on my back
I been in trouble thrown in jail
I had nobody to go my bail.

But all of my hard times soon'll be over
All of my hard times soon'll be over.

--- Instrumental ---

I been lost but now I'm found
There ain't no way to keep a good man down
You came along and took my hand
And now I feel like a newborn man.

And all of my hard times soon'll be over.
All of my hard times soon'll be over.
All of my hard times soon'll be over.
All of my hard times soon'll be over...