Tough People Do

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Back in '39 she was 26, the wife of 
a soldier tryin' to raise four kids
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On rationed out beans and watered 
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down milk, tryin' to keep 'em all 
warm with a patchwork quilt
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That great depression ended about 
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1945, but grandma lived to be 92
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See, tough times don't last, tough
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 people do

(Chorus)
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Tough people pull themselves up by 
the bootstraps when they hit hard 
luck

And they stay strong and they keep 
on fightin' like they don't know how
 to lose
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 Tough times don't last, tough 
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people do
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Those talkin' heads on CNN, say 
we'll never get out of this hole 
we're in
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The price of gas is up and the 
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market's down and there's a bunch of
 empty houses in every town
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Well, I'd interrupt that program 
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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, tough people
 do

(Chorus)
      G
Tough people pull themselves up by 
the bootstraps when they hit hard 
luck

And they stay strong and they keep 
on fightin' like they don't know how
 to lose
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Tough times don't last, tough people
 do

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I've been out of work since mid 
July, my bank account's about bone 
dry
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Been lookin' for a job no luck so 
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far, but I bought a little time when
 I sold my car
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Well, I'll go dig a ditch if 
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that's what it takes, baby, somehow 
or another we'll get through
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Tough times don't last, tough 
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times don't last

(Tag)
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Tough |(people do, |tough people |
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