I go to bed but sleep won't come Get up in the night I couldn't fight my feelings Early in the morning It's just the same situation Here comes the landlord just a knocking upon my door I've got four hundred/month rent to pay And I can't find a job Let me tell you time tough Everything is out of sight, it's so hard Time tough Everything is growing higher and higher (higher and higher) Sister Lee cannot bear it And brother Lee can hardly stand it now They're crying night and day, louder and louder Nobody to help them make their way I've got four hundred/month rent to pay And I can't find a dollar Let me tell you time tough Everything is out of sight, it's so hard Time hard Everything is growing higher and higher (higher and higher) Good times once lead into bad times But now the bad times take over When I was a little boy I just keep on feeling it, feeling it, feeling it, feeling it Now listen Time tough Everything is out of sight, it's so hard Time tough Everything is growing higher and higher (higher and higher) Can't blame the minister And you can't blame the preacher And you can't blame your brother And you cannot blame your sister Can't blame your friends 'Cause today is judgement day And that's why everyone have to pray Let me tell you time tough Everything is out of sight, it's so hard Time tough Everything is growing higher and higher "Repeat" (higher and higher)