Times are bad The world is mad Who can save me from falling There’s nowhere to run Nowhere to hide From the feelings Deep inside me Out in the streets The shadows creep And the children cry As the heavens weep Seems to worry me more Each time I walk out the door Will I be returning home Hard times In a world of sin Hard times Seems like we just can’t win Hard times At the end of our rope Hard times And there’s only one hope I tell myself That just can’t be Can’t be reality But I’m wise now I’m no fool No court No king or queen Can set us free From this prophecy So close at hand Hard times In a world of sin Hard times Seems like we just can’t win Hard times At the end of our rope Hard times And there’s only one hope Waiting for the day unknown When everything man has known Will be revealed To everyone There’s no time left to waste The way we go decides our fate So hold on fast To the truth of old