Hard times here, hard times over yonder
Dont the stars shine pretty my love
Blood runs deep, souls run deeper
They rise as high as heaven above
My father, he died in the cane
Of what, theyre still not certain
They said that he felt no pain
But my poor mother, shes still hurtin
My wife, she stands by me
Though I know so many times I let her down
She knows the kind of man I want to be
And she knows that Id be lost without her now
Hard times here, hard times over yonder
Dont the stars shine pretty my love
Blood runs deep, souls run deeper
They rise as high as heaven above
I wonder about the meaning of it all
And I wonder, will the crazy people win
What will happen when I refuse to crawl
Will they stand aside and let a brother in
Hard times here, hard times over yonder
Dont the stars shine pretty my love
Blood runs deep, souls run deeper
They rise as high as heaven above
To me its all the same
I need no explanation
Come the sun or come the rain
Come the Great Emancipation
The Great Emancipation was written by Kevin Welch.