It's a hard hard time now
Good man can't get no dough
It's a hard hard time now
Good man can't get no dough
All I do for my baby don't satisfy her no more
I ain't got no job
Now you going to put me down
I ain't got no job
Now you going to put me down
You going to quit me baby for a hard‑working clown
Time is so hard now
Maybe things will change some day
I ain't got no job
Now you going to put me down
And when I get a job maybe you will change your way
Don't quit me baby
Because I can't find no work to do
Don't quit me baby
Because I can't find no work to do
Because all the dirt you done for me it's coming back home to you
I used to be a joker
Now I'm going to make a change
Don't quit me baby
Because I can't find no work to do
I'm going to get me a job keep coal in your cold kitchen range