TajMo (Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo') - Rough Time Blues Lyrics

TajMo (Taj Mahal & Keb' Mo') Lyrics

"Rough Time Blues"

Won't somebody give me a quarter
So I can change it out for this old rusted dime?
Won't somebody give me a quarter
So I can change it out for this old rusted dime?
So I have fifteen more cents put on this
Hard time of mine

They tell me time, it got so hard
That a buzzard can't find a job
Well now they tell me that the, that the time got so hard, people
A buzzard can't find a job
You know it got so rough out there
I be forced to steal, steal and rob

I would change the hard times
For my grandma's last home cooked meal
Y'all, I would change these hard times
For my grandma's last home cooked meal
People, we be back in the twenties again
And it's almost time for a brand-new deal

Just as sure as a dollar says "In God We Trust"
Just as sure as a dollar bill says "In God We Trust"
Lord have mercy
You know my money done got so funny
I can't even ride the bus

At one time you could take a hundred dollars
And you'd need help takin' your groceries back
You could take one "C" note
And you would need help takin' your groceries back
I remember
You know with that same old Franklin now
You could put everything you bought in one sac

Somebody give me a quarter
So I can change it out for this old lousy dime
Somebody give me a quarter
So I can change it out for this old rusted dime
So I can have fifteen more cent to put on this
Hard time of mine

So I can have fifteen more cents to put on
This hard time of mine

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album: "Room On The Porch" (2025)

Room On The Porch

My Darling My Dear

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Blues'll Give You Back Your Soul

Better Than Ever

Rough Time Blues

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