[Ch[Chorus]
Hard times won’t keep me down, I’ll lift my spirits up,
I’ll find another song that’s gonna fill my cup.
As long as I am liv-in music will be ring-in,
as long as I am breath-in I surely will be sing-in.
 
[Verse 1]
Like the bird up in the pines, sitt-in high upon a limb,
whether anybody’s list-in doesn’t mean a thing to him.
He's gonna lift his voice, just so the joy of ?Grace?,
there’s a song that’s in his heart and it’s gonna give him wings.
 
[Chorus]
Hard times won’t keep me down, I’ll lift my spirits up,
I’ll find another song that’s gonna fill my cup.
As long as I am liv-in music will be ring-in,
as long as I am breath-in I surely will be sing-in.
 
 
[Verse 2]
As long as I remember grandma always hummed a tune,
hang-in clothes out on the line or sweep-in up the liv-in room.
Mak-in work a little easier, that’s what she used to say,
takes your mind above your troubled hand it help’s you thru the day.
 
[Chorus]
Hard times won’t keep me down, I’ll lift my spirits up,
I’ll find another song that’s gonna fill my cup.
As long as I am liv-in music will be ring-in,
as long as I am breath-in I surely will be sing-in.
 

 
[End-Chorus]
Hard times won’t keep me down, I’ll lift my spirits up,
I’ll find another song that’s gonna fill my cup.
As long as I am liv-in music will be ring-in,
as long as I am breath-in I surely will be sing-in,
as long as I am breath-in I surely will be sing-in.or