Back in 39 she was 26
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The wife of a soldier tryin¡¯ to raise four kids
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On rationed out beans and watered down milk
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Tryin¡¯ to keep ¡®em all warm with a patchwork quilt
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That great depression ended about 1945
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But grandma lived to be 92
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See, tough times don¡¯t last
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Tough people do
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Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps
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When they hit hard luck
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And they stay strong and they keep on fightin¡¯
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Like they don¡¯t know how to lose
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Tough times don¡¯t last
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Tough people do
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Those talkin¡¯ heads on cnn
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Say we¡¯ll never get out of this hole we¡¯re in
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Price of gas is up and the market¡¯s down
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And there¡¯s a bunch of empty houses in every town
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Well, i¡¯d interrupt that program with a little headline of my own
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This just in from the old red, white and blue
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Tough times don¡¯t last
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Tough people do
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Tough people pull themselves up by the bootstraps
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When they hit hard luck
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And they stay strong and they keep on fightin¡¯
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Like they don¡¯t know how to lose
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Tough times don¡¯t last
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Tough people do
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I¡¯ve been out of work since mid july
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My bank account¡¯s about bone dry
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Been lookin¡¯ for a job no luck so far
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But I bought a little time when I sold my car
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Well, I¡¯ll go dig a ditch if that¡¯s what it takes
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Baby, somehow or another we¡¯ll get through
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Tough times don¡¯t last
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Tough times don¡¯t last
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Tough people do
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Tough people do
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Tough People Do
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| Trace Adkins |
