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Hard Times on the Land

from After the Virus by 69 Street Band

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This tune was actually written in 2016 but it became a lot more universal after 2020.

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Hard Times
Saw an old friend just the other day
Looking kind of lean, didn’t have too much to say
I asked ‘What happened to that scene you had goin’ on?
All those ladies, that place downtown….’
He said that was then, such a long time ago
Right about now there’s just one thing I know
There’s hard times, hard times on the land today

I saw too hot Sally walking down the street
Asked if I could help get her something to eat
I said ‘What ever happened to those guys crowding round you?
Man, there were so many I could never get through…’
She said ‘That was then, now I’m all alone,
Won’t you help me out, maybe take me home?’
‘Cause there’s hard times, hard times on the land today
Bridge
So let’s raise a glass to days gone by
When we weren’t afraid to learn how to fly
We’d wake up in the morning and the only plan
Was to live each day like the devil’s right hand…

So hang on to that moment and love it while it lasts
‘Cause one of these days you could be living in the past
It happens so quickly, in the blink of an eye
They’ll clip your wings once you learn how to fly
‘Cause there’s hard times, hard times on the land today

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from After the Virus, released January 4, 2021

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Originally founded as a way to get Tom Paronis out of the house in 2007, the 69th Street Band has evolved into an "only in New York" outfit that offers up a unique mix of old school Chicago Blues and R&B, some jazz (particularly of the Acid Jazz variety popularized by Hammond/Sax combos of the 1960s), country, rockabilly and bluegrass and an overlay of percolating African rhythms ... more

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