Times are getting hard, boy
Money's almost gone
Times are getting hard, boy
Time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand
Lead her from this town
Times are getting hard, boy
We're California bound
Pack up everything we own
That won't take us long
Say goodbye today because
Tomorrow we'll be gone
It's hard to leave this place it's been
Hometown for so long
Oh but the men can't live when nothing's right
And everything goes wrong
Sometimes I drink
Cause sometimes I think
Maybe I was born with a curse
Things don't get no better for me
They just go from bad to worse
You know I spent my entire life
Learned my trade and working hard
Then one day the bossman brought some big machines
And next day he told me I was fired
Times are getting hard, boy
Money's almost gone
Times are getting hard, boy
Time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand
Lead her from this town
Times are getting hard, boy
We're California bound