By Michael Baginski/ The song is over a decade old, but there’s something that just seems very current about The Record Company’s “Hard Day Coming Down.”
The Grammy-nominated L.A. band, which scored some adult alternative success around the time of the song – including the No. 1 song “Off the Ground” – was simply doing what its blues heroes, like John Lee Hooker, did, putting everyday woes into words – and music.
And while even his dog left him (and took his bone), somehow the song makes it all feel just a little bit better.
Lyrics
A hard day coming down
Got back late and I was all alone
Opened up my door ain’t nobody home
There’s a few things of mine laying around
It’s a hard day coming down
The dog done left and took his bone
No dial tone ’cause there ain’t no phone
This big mess got so overblown
It’s a hard day coming down
Well I once was the king now I’m overthrown
I’m out in the world trying to hold my own
I’ve got no pillow to cry upon
It’s a hard day coming down
Now I ain’t one to throw no stones
Not yet a man but I’m fully grown
The bank won’t give me that personal loan
It’s a hard day coming home
I always told you I’d be better known
Else I’d be walking down the company road
Got no skills but this baritone
It’s a hard day coming home
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