Ever since I was a young boy

Before I'd ever know who I am

My father said, "You gotta walk before you can crawl

So you can run as soon as you can stand

So you can run as soon as you can"

Now if every breathin' day is a lesson

I been writin' this before I could read

When mama said, "Son, don't let this hard world

Do what it's doin' to me

Don't let it do what it's done to me"

It's a hard rain that's gonna fall on the city

Still a hard rain that's gonna fall on the farm

There's no seventh day in a world without pity

There's no ball and chain, but the change didn't come

Where's my better days? Where's my Jesus saves?

Where's someone to say

"We gotta hang on"?

We're brothers in arms

Down in southern Alabama

It's "yes sir", "no ma'am", "thank you", and "please"

But don't you step outta line, don't rewrite or define

What it means to see a man take a knee

Okay, oh, say can you see

It's a hard rain that's gonna fall on the city

Still a hard rain that's gonna fall on the farm

There's no seventh day in a world without pity

There's no ball and chain, but the change didn't come

Where's my better days? Where's my Jesus saves?

Where's someone to say

"We gotta hang on"?

We're brothers in arms

We're brothers in arms

It's a hard rain that's gonna fall on the city

Still a hard rain that's gonna fall on the farm

It's a hard rain that's gonna fall on the city

Still a hard rain, don't give a damn who you are

There's no seventh day in a world without pity

There's no ball and chain, but the change didn't come

Where's my better days? Where's my Jesus saves?

Where's someone to say

"We gotta hang on"?

We're brothers in arms

We're brothers in arms