Story Behind The Song

just a rant set to a ska song

Song Description

this song sort of assembles and rails against a host of social ills going on in our country

Lyrics

Hard Times Again (For Charles Dickens) (Strickler)

Verse One: Sprightly ska flavor, C-G-Bb-F throughout the verse
Hard Times on the homefront, the demons are screaming again
They keep telling me everything will be fine, I wish I only knew when
I got faith(cut) that everything is jacked the stone foundation of my will has been cracked
The only thing I?m sure about is all my tires blowin? out & not havin no money to spend

Chorus One: D# walkdown to C
The only thing where I excel is doing whatever the hell I want
F C F C
So that?s what I?m doin? & there?s nothin? doin?
D# C
There?s a reason for the things I say well I don?t wanna have to work today
Bb F break
While the whole world is going to hell it looks like we done fell on hard times again
(Back to verse progression) hard times again (x3)
(Before next verse quick break & ?Check this out?)

Verse Two: Hard times on the TV set, the evil people haven?t given up yet
Hard times on the movie screen if you?ve been to the movies then you know what I mean
All the rights we fought for have become null & void
The newspaper headlines make us paranoid
People look over their shoulder when they?re walkin? down the street
Half the letters in your in-box you have to delete
There?s no end to the madness of the day when the push of a button can blow us all away
Chorus Two: same as chorus one
Bridge: Instrumental G#- walkdown to F- walkup to G#- down to F- up to G#- up to Bb

Verse Three: play progression four times out of bridge
Just when it seemed like everything was going right
They took our overconfidence & blew it out of sight
The Dow Jones average is beginning to drop
The big bull market is a country cow flop
Consumer confidence is crawling on its knees & Alan Greenspan is lookin for his keys
The New World Order?s got everything in place
That?s why they?re trying to build homes in outer space
That?s where they?re headed & they?re leaving us behind
So they won?t have to lead us while we deal with HARD TIMES!!!

Chorus Three: Same as Chorus One ?get this shit movin? & ?a lot of bills to pay?
Ending: No worries, everything will be fine, sooner or later we?re all gonna dieeee
(Slowly) & then we won?t have to-----------deeeeeal with hard----------TIMES!!!(x4)