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Times are getting tough

from Return of the Idle Drones by Matt Hill

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lyrics

TIMES ARE GETTING TOUGH
A song about living with chronic ill health

I can't go to work this morning
And the work won't come to me
Then neither will the money
I don’t own a money tree

So most days I try
But I'm not gonna lie
Right now I feel like giving up
Cause times are getting tougher
Times are getting tough

And if I'm not there tomorrow
He told me don't come back
He doesn’t like folk over 40
I'm pretty sure of that

So most days I try
But I'm not gonna lie
Right now I feel like giving up
Cause times are getting tougher
Times are getting tough

Tramadol, co-codamol
Get me through the day
But all the same this chronic pain
Never goes away

And then I think about my Nanna
Cause Nanna had it rough
Even when she had the cancer
She never once gave up

So most days I'll try
But I'm not gonna lie
Right now I feel like giving up
Cause times are getting tougher
Times are getting tough

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from Return of the Idle Drones, released October 1, 2021

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QLR (Quiet Loner Records) is home to Matt Hill a storytelling singer-songwriter and community based artist who offers a British take on folk and Americana.

‘Possibly the most important record of the year’ MAVERICK 5/5
‘An anthem for resistance’ AMERICANA UK 10/10
‘Delicate songwriting. Bleakly beautiful.’ UNCUT (4 stars)
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