Best out of the Blues - Roger Alan Wade

Midnight in the promised land

Oh say can you see

Families in the rain, their belongings on the streets

Thanks to banks and politicians

Playing fast and loose

From sea to shining sea, we are broken near in two

Hard times in this ol' town

Hard times all down the line

Hard times, harder than times in '29

There ain’t no easy answers

There ain’t no excuse

'Til they fix this mess I guess we just make the best out of the blues

'Round here there ain’t no jobs

Homes are empty now

I hear tell it’s rough up north and, getting tough down south

There’s plenty of blame to go around

But blame won’t pull us through

It’s a shame the fools to blame got you blaming me and me blaming you

Hard times in this ol' town

Hard times all down the line

Hard times, harder than times in '29

There ain’t no easy answers

There ain’t no excuse

'Til they fix this mess I guess we just make the best out of the blues

Yeah we’ve seen hard times before

We’ll see more before they end

Time rolls on and on

We never pass this way again

No need to judge and wish and worry

Just go the way you choose

Give more than you take and make the best out of the blues

Hard times in this ol' town

Hard times all down the line

Hard times, harder than times in '29

There ain’t no easy answers

There ain’t no excuse

'Til they fix this mess I guess we just make the best out of the blues

Yeah life’s too short for bitching

Put on your dancing shoes

'Til they fix this mess I guess we just make the best out of the blues

'Til they fix this mess I guess we just make the best out of the blues