Farmer Johnson says it's either too wet or too dry

United States Capitol water fountain

the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.




Sitting on the front porch
Rain is pouring down
News comes on the radio
There's trouble all around


That's the way it's always been
And the way it'll always be
I thank the good Lord I've got you,
In times like these




The rich keep getting richer
The poor barely get by
Farmer Johnson says
It's either too wet or too dry

Jobs are scarce -- down at the factory
I thank the good Lord I've got you,
In times like these



    In times like these
    When it's easy to get down
    You're my inspiration
    You're my solid ground

    In times like these
    Love will pull us through
    Baby, I know -- I can depend on you


We can read about the latest
In the fashion magazines
But that don't change the fact
That we got patches on our jeans

Everybody's needing money
Even the preachers preaching on TV
I thank the good Lord I've got you,
In times like these


    In times like these --
    When it's easy to get down,
    You're my inspiration
    You're my - solid ground

    In times like these
    Love will pull us through
    Baby, I know I can depend on you


It costs you forty-five cents 
For a nickel candy bar
And a dollar's worth of gas
Won't even start your car

Yeah, we got problems
Here in the land of the free
But there's no place I'd rather be --
In times like these

I thank the good Lord I've got you
In times like these...

In times like these, baby
(Baby)

In times like these --

In times like these.

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"In Times Like These"

Barbara Mandrell

written by Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan.
Producer:  Tom Collins.
MCA
Released - April 1983

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"I walk slowly, but I never walk backward."

~ Abraham Lincoln

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