| Song | There's Nothing Soft About Hard Times |
| Artist | Jimmy Buffett |
| Album | Before The Beach |
| Lyrics：Jimmy Buffett Music：Jimmy Buffett | |
| Every day held a new surprise | |
| I watched the hunger burning in my sister's eyes | |
| The paste-board shack we called a home | |
| Would haunt me in my dreams | |
| 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| We never knew anything groovy | |
| A dime meant bread and not a movie | |
| The muscles that controlled my smile were rarely ever used | |
| 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| Chorus: | |
| I had to go 'cause I could see | |
| I wasn't meant for poverty | |
| The family ties were broken soon | |
| I went off to find the moon | |
| So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square | |
| I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air | |
| Tomorrow I'll just hit the street and bum another dime | |
| 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| Chorus: | |
| I had to go 'cause I could see | |
| I wasn't meant for poverty | |
| The family ties were broken soon | |
| I went off to find the moon | |
| So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square | |
| I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air | |
| Tomorrow I'll just hit the street and bum another dime | |
| 'Cause there's nothing soft about hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about | |
| No, no, no, no hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| No, no, no, no those hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| I'm going to tell you about the hard times | |
| There's nothing soft about hard times | |
| No, no, no, no hard times |
| Lyrics: Jimmy Buffett Music: Jimmy Buffett | |
| Every day held a new surprise | |
| I watched the hunger burning in my sister' s eyes | |
| The pasteboard shack we called a home | |
| Would haunt me in my dreams | |
| ' Cause there' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| We never knew anything groovy | |
| A dime meant bread and not a movie | |
| The muscles that controlled my smile were rarely ever used | |
| ' Cause there' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| Chorus: | |
| I had to go ' cause I could see | |
| I wasn' t meant for poverty | |
| The family ties were broken soon | |
| I went off to find the moon | |
| So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square | |
| I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air | |
| Tomorrow I' ll just hit the street and bum another dime | |
| ' Cause there' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| Chorus: | |
| I had to go ' cause I could see | |
| I wasn' t meant for poverty | |
| The family ties were broken soon | |
| I went off to find the moon | |
| So I sit on a bench in Jackson Square | |
| I drink my wine and I breathe the midnight air | |
| Tomorrow I' ll just hit the street and bum another dime | |
| ' Cause there' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about | |
| No, no, no, no hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| No, no, no, no those hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| I' m going to tell you about the hard times | |
| There' s nothing soft about hard times | |
| No, no, no, no hard times |