Dave Alvin - Waiting for the Hard Times to Go lyrics

My name it don't matter, you don't know me no how but I wish you would listen to what I'm saying now I need someone to talk to, but I want you to know I ain't puttin' you down, but I don't like this town Just waitin' for the hard times to go I came here from Fresno and that is my home If I ever get back there, I won't feel so alone I came looking for work here just a few weeks ago Now my spirit is beat from walking these streets Just waitin' for the hard times to go My home seems as far now as the Earth is from Mars Everywhere that I look here, I see buildings and cars I want to hear the birds singin', I want to feel the breeze blow But I know that can't be, I just can't be free Just waitin' for the hard times to go Sometimes I wonder by the workings of life Can a man make a living for his kids and his wife without leaving his hometown for a strange place to go Where he can't save a cent and his whole life is spent Just waitin' for the hard times to go Just waitin' for the hard times to go