You know hard time’s just an old friend, just an old friend to me
I say hard time’s just an old friend, just an old friend to me
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
Can’t you feel a cold wind howlin’ down, blowin’ my song?
Can’t you feel a cold wind howlin’ down, blowin’ my song?
Well, I ain’t an old man, but you know my time ain’t long
Gonna be a hard rain — you hear it in the distance, sounds so near
Gonna be a hard rain — can’t you hear it in the distance, sounds so near?
People, when the rain comes, it’s gonna wash us all away from here
Mean old woman, people, won’t you tell me where can she be?
Mean old woman, people, won’t you tell me where can she be?
She’s the only woman that ever meant a damn to me
You know hard time’s just an old friend, just an old friend to me
I said hard time’s just an old friend, just an old friend to me
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let me be?
Tell me now, old friend, when you gonna let this poor man be?