Ray Charles - Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) Lyrics






My mother told me before she passed away,
Said, "Son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray
'Cause there'll be hard times, Lord those hard times -
Who knows better than I?"

Well I soon found out just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent;
Talkin' 'about hard times, hard times
Who knows better than I?

I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,
But when I lost my money, she put me down.
Talkin' 'bout hard times, you know those hard times,
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?

Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow
When I pass away,
And no more hard times,
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?





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  1. M.... C....

    My mother told me
    'Fore she passed away
    Said son when I'm gone
    Don't forget to pray
    'Cause there'll be hard times
    Lord those hard times
    Who knows better than I?
    Well I soon found out
    Just what she meant
    When I had to pawn my clothes
    Just to pay the rent
    Talkin' 'bout hard times
    Lord those hard times
    Who knows better than I?
    I had a woman
    Who was always around
    But when I lost my money
    She put me down
    Talkin' 'bout hard times
    Hard times
    Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
    Lord, one of these days
    There'll be no more sorrow
    When I pass away
    And no more hard times
    No more hard times
    Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?

  2. M.... C....

    hey could you please put lyrics on every song on this playlist please - love what you put up here :0)

  3. S.... ....

    Drown in my own tears...

  4. L.... F....

    This song so real... hard times who knows better than I. Wow thank you Ray Charles may you rest well.

  5. g.... ....

    This song reduces me to tears every time

  6. D.... V....

    Mother fuckin hard times, when I pass away there'll be no more fuckin hard times

  7. m.... d....

    un classico di ray...meraviglioso.mauro dessy

  8. U.... K....

    Sounds good.

  9. M.... ....

    This is my song right now, perfect for my life

  10. T.... B....

    Maizing mnusic gospel ...God....I lijke that

  11. J.... R....

    I relate to this song because its the story of my life. Nothing but heart ache and pain.

    J.... R....

    James Richardson don’t forget to pray cause there will be hard times, hard times who knows better than I? First thing in the morning look for just three things to be grateful for and you’ll see in some time you’ll appreciate your life, the time to live is now, be easy man

    J.... R....

    your in good company my friend
    Life is mostly a difficult affair with moments of happiness few and far between those precious few moments are what keep us hangin on

  12. J.... K....

    Ray Charles is my Main influence in music, and I can imitate him even though I'm white.

    J.... K....

    Jon Keiser the color of your skin has nothing to do with it it's what you feel in your soul.

    J.... K....

    Bob Allen thanks I appreciate that.🙂

  13. L.... L....

    samWilckersson
    Thanks one again!

  14. B.... R....

    dear life,
    fuck off.

    B.... R....

    get a life, & fuck off

  15. K.... P....

    Heard this for the first time while watching "The Hurricane." Great movie, horrible scene.

  16. k.... w....

    My favorite Ray Charles song.  I love the lyrics and the chord changes.

    k.... w....

    i got about 30 songs by ray charles that are my favs by him lol , this is one of them

  17. j.... ....

    Don Wilkerson on sax, I believe.

    j.... ....

    Not fathead?

  18. R.... H....

    The late, great, Back Alley John; my best friend ever.  He teared up the day we listened to this together.  Only time I ever saw him do that.  You see his life was this song...

  19. S.... ....

    Search "Malaya Watson Hard Times"... Be blown away.

    S.... ....

    I've checked and wasn't blown away. Not at all.

  20. D.... M....

    A replica of the cover posted: the font is different, and the trademark pinwheel logo is omitted.

  21. m.... a....

    the current state of the world can be summed up as follows: justin beiber's latest single: over 2 million hits, this tune: 1, 642 hits.

    m.... a....

    no it's worse than that

  22. j.... ....

    My favorite Ray song. Thanks for uploading all of these!