Tough People Do Lyrics - Trace Adkins

Back in 39 she was 26 

The wife of a soldier tryin' to raise four kids 

On rationed out beans and watered down milk 

Tryin' to keep 'em all warm with a patchwork quilt 

That great depression ended about 1945 

But grandma lived to be 92 

See, tough times don't last 

Tough people do 

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 

Tough times don't last 

Tough people do 

Those talkin' heads on cnn 

Say we'll never get out of this hole we're in 

Price of gas is up and the market's down 

And there's a bunch of empty houses in every town 

Well, I'd interrupt that program with a little headline of my own 

This just in from the old red, white and blue 

Tough times don't last 

Tough people do 

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 

Tough times don't last 

Tough people do 

I've been out of work since mid july 

My bank account's about bone dry 

Been lookin' for a job no luck so far 

But I bought a little time when I sold my car 

Well, I'll go dig a ditch if that's what it takes 

Baby, somehow or another we'll get through 

Tough times don't last 

Tough times don't last 

Tough people do 

Tough people do