Lyrics:

Times are gettin' hard, boy
Money's almost gone
Times are gettin' hard, boy
Time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand
Lead her from this town
Times are gettin' hard, boy
We're California bound

Pack up everything we own
That won't take us long
Say goodbye today, because
Tomorrow we'll be gone
It's hard to leave this place, it's been
Hometown for so long
Oh, but a man can't live when nothing's right
And everything goes wrong

Sometimes I drink 'cause sometimes I think
Maybe I was born with a curse
Things don't get no better for me
They just go from bad to worse
You know I spent my entire life
Learning my trade and working hard
Then one day the boss man brought some big machines
And next day, he told me I was fired

Times are gettin' hard, boy
Money's almost gone
Times are gettin' hard, boy
Time to move along
Gonna take my true love by the hand
Lead her from this town
Times are gettin' hard, boy
We're California bound