The Harder They Come

Willie Nelson

Compositor: Jimmy Cliff

Well they tell me
Of a pie up in the sky
Waiting for me when I die
But between the day
You're born and when you die
They never seem
To hear even your cry

So as sure
As the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share
Now of what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they'll fall
One and all
Ooh the harder they come
The harder they'll fall
One and all

Well the oppressors
Are trying to keep me down
Trying to drive me underground
And they think
That they have got the battle won
I say forgive them Lord
They know not what they've done

'Cause as sure
As the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share
Now of what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they'll fall
One and all
Ooh the harder they come
The harder they'll fall
One and all

And I keep on fighting
For the things I want
Though I know
That when you're dead you can't
But I'd rather
Be a free man in my grave
Than living
As a puppet or a slave

So as sure
As the sun will shine
I'm gonna get my share
Now of what's mine
And then the harder they come
The harder they'll fall
One and all
Ooh the harder they come
The harder they'll fall
One and all