Eddy Clearwater - Came Up The Hard Way Lyrics

Lyrics Came Up The Hard Way - Eddy "The Chief" Clearwater



I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day
I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day
It's a shame, shame, shame, that a poor man have to live this way
I came up the hard way, they kept me workin' from sun to sun
I came up the hard way, they kept me workin' from sun to sun
Well it seems somehow or another,
That a poor man's work ain't never done
Well my mother sat down and told me,
She said Son, don't forget the golden rule
My mother sat down and told me,
She said Son, don't forget the golden rule
I had to go head-on and deal with it yes I did,
Cause I didn't get, I didn't get too far in school
I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day
I came up the hard way, I had to work both night and day
Ain't it a shame, ain't it a shame,
That a poor man gotta live this way
(Guitar solo)
My mother sat down and told me,
She said Son, don't forget the golden rule
My mother sat down and told me,
She said Son, don't forget the golden rule
That's all I had to deal with,
Because I didn't get too, too far in school
(Harmonica solo by Mack Simmons)



Writer(s): Eddy Clearwater, Rodney Dion Baker


Eddy Clearwater - West Side Strut
Album West Side Strut
date of release
18-06-2009



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