Once I'm closing in Had I lost my only friend And my girl, she walked away Oh, and we came making bands And I can't pay my rent And I can't even sleep at night Black cat won't cross my path And my chest is getting tight, yeah There's hard times With nothing to worry on my mind There's hard times A step won't ever crack You're not breaking every mirror I've been walking under ladders And all the pictures getting clearer Flat tire on my automobile And a black cloud in my windowsill And I can't even pay my bills And I got a fever and I'm feeling ill There's hard times With nothing to worry on my mind There's hard times With nothing to trouble on my mind There's hard times With nothing to trouble on my mind There's hard times With nothing to trouble on my mind And I can't pay my rent And I can't even sleep at night Black cat won't cross my path And my chest is getting tight, yeah There's hard times With nothing to worry on my mind There's hard times With nothing to trouble on my mind