Best out of the Blues

Midnight in the promised land

Oh, say, can you see

Families in the rain, their belongings in the streets?

Thanks to banks and politicians

Playing fast and loose

From sea to shine sea

We are broken near in two

Hard times in this old town

Hard times all down the line

Hard times, harder than times in '29

There ain't no easy answers

And there ain't no excuse

'Til they fix this mess I guess we make

The best out of the blues

Round here there and no jobs

Homes are empty now

I heard 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 old town

Hard times all down the line

Hard times, harder than times in '29

There ain't no easy answers

And 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 the end

Time rolls on and on

We never pass this way again

No need to judge and rush 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 old town

Hard times all down the line

Hard times, harder than times in '29

Yeah, life's too short for bitchin'

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