If the weather's as bad as the weatherman says
We're in for a real mean storm
If the weather's as bad as the weatherman says
We're in for a real mean storm

If the times are as hard as folks are saying they are
Some folks have it real, real hard
Can't even get a break, forget about getting ahead
You bet they never get too far

If the people upstairs acted like they even cared
I'd crack a real wide smile
But I'd have to guess, to witness something like this
You'd have to wait a real long while

If life is as tough as the last couple months
We're in for a real rough year
If life is as tough as the last couple months
We're in for a real rough year

If the future's as bleak as I hear on the street
We're looking at a real long haul
The people I speak to take drugs when they need to
Stop thinking about it all

Me? I've taken a few so I could stop thinking too
Who hasn't used a drug?
But turning off your mind a couple few too many times
Can turn you to a real dumb slug
If things are as bad as the newspaper says
We're in for a real big war
If things are as bad as the newspaper says
We're in for a real big war

If this is the shit that we're to be dealing with
Then we made a real bad deal
But shit isn't new until it happens to you
Spinning like a reel-to-reel

If we could stop this train and start all over again
Make all of the states shake hands
Well, I'd smile real wide although I know, down deep inside
That happening has a real slim chance

It's a real big war that they've got in store for us