Edie Brickell New Bohemians Hard Times Lyrics

Hard Times Lyrics

He left home when she was seventeen



We came back to see her



She was older cold and even mean



Not like we remembered







Out along the old road



Where the Indian Paintbrush grows



She began to cry and said she wanted us to know







There were hard times



When the family was broken



There were hard times



Then she lit up a smoke and said







Gonna open up my umbrella and keep it off of me



It's so easy to go somewhere



But so hard to leave



I move far away and still the memories find me there



When I hear the clock and see the dust come off the chair







There were hard times



I don't wanna remember



There were hard times



And I don't want to see ya







Let the wind and white sheet blow through the room



I can live with the ghosts but not with you



It was never so easy saying goodbye







Sitting at a bus stop



Waiting for euphoria



I've heard so much bad news today



I don't think I can take anymore



Of the hard times



Shadows on the horizon



All the hard times



Rusty glow in the sunrise