Lyrics

Verse 1:
When I'm longing to go back home, well you know I just can't go.
The weight of the world is on my back, it's a burden only I would know.
Verse 2:
Well I remember where I came from, but I pretend not to care.
When I try to run away, well my mind always takes me there.
Chorus 1:
Lost my job, the money's gone. I'm barely hanging on. It's the state of mind I'm in, Hard Times County it's back again.
Verse 3:
Well I'm looking back on better days, a time that's all gone by, and I'd go back there if I could, but this County is where I'll die.
Verse 4:
My despair it's hard to understand, it always seems to be my way. And when life deals it's bitter hands, I see my dreams slip away.
Chorus 2:
Lost my job, the money's gone. I'm barely hanging on. I wish I could turn these things around, but Hard Times County is all I've found.
Verse 5
You know this is how I hate to be, it's a very lonely place. The dealer's dealt a losing hand, and I just have a pair of eights.
Verse 6
For me this fight is all to real and I'm up against the ropes.
My opponent's closing in and there goes all of my hopes.
Chorus 3:
Lost my job the money's gone, I'm barely hanging on. Life has nothing left for me cause Hard Times County is all I can see.
Ending:
I'm here in Hard Times County.
I'm trapped in Hard Times County.
All I know is Hard Times County.
Life is Hard Times County.
And I'm barely hanging on.