good times get hard and hard times gettin harder times like these make the weak hearts scatter and when friday comes said i want my pay oh them tables must turn one day all around the town hear the people chatter poor man get thin rich man gettin fatter lightning flash thunder roll when i get control lightning flash thunder roll when i get control oh i watched the birds down on the street some of them got no bread but they still seem to eat and this house is not a home if you ain t got no heat some are gonna win some still gonna cheat all around the town hear the people chatter poor man get thin rich man gettin fatter lightning flash thunder roll when i get control lightning flash thunder roll when i get control some show off what they never earned nothing lasts forever it s all gonna burn when the walls come down tell me where you gonna turn many have the minds few ever learn all around the town hear the people chatter poor man get thin rich man gettin fatter lightning flash thunder roll when i get control lightning flash thunder roll when i get control yeah when that lightning flash and that flame get hot some take the heat some do not lightning flash thunder roll when i get control lightning flash oh that thunder gonna roll