{"id":11239,"date":"2014-07-03T20:36:21","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T20:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eoisabi.org\/?p=11239"},"modified":"2020-03-30T15:21:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T15:21:21","slug":"the-bigger-they-come-the-harder-they-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/?p=11239","title":{"rendered":"The Harder they Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pophistorydig.com\/topics\/tag\/the-harder-they-come-song\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-51195\" src=\"http:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JC_theharder....jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JC_theharder....jpg 512w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JC_theharder...-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JC_theharder...-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/englishroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/JC_theharder...-400x202.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GG6kSgpl2u0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jimmy Cliff\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><strong> \u00a0 \u21d3\u00a0 [1972]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9JlN8jHzERU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well they tell me of a pie in the sky\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Waiting for me when I die<br \/>\nBut between the day you&#8217;re born and when you die<br \/>\nThey never seem to hear even your cry<br \/>\nSo as sure as the sun will shine<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna get my share now of what&#8217;s mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And then the harder they come, t<\/strong><strong>he harder they fall one and all<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The harder they come, t<\/strong><strong>he harder they fall one and all<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down,\u00a0making me feel \u00a0[&#8230;?]<br \/>\nAnd they think that they&#8217;ve got me on the run<br \/>\nI say, \u00abForgive &#8216;em Lord they know not what they&#8217;ve done\u00bb<br \/>\n&#8216;Cause as sure as the sun will shine<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna get my share now of what&#8217;s mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And then t<strong>he harder they come, t<\/strong><strong>he harder they fall one and all<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>The harder they come, t<\/strong><strong>he harder they fall one and all<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[ . . . ] on the run &#8211;\u00a0Tell them that [. . . ?]<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;d rather die than live and be a slave<br \/>\nYes I&#8217;d rather be right in my grave<br \/>\nSo as sure as the sun will shine<br \/>\nI&#8217;m gonna get my share right now of what&#8217;s mine<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>And then t<strong>he harder they come, t<\/strong><strong>he harder they fall one and all<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ooh, the harder they come, t<\/strong><strong>he harder they fall one and all . . .<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca \u00a0Joe Jackson&#8217;s\u00a0\u2193 \u00a01980 cover<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ckq5VB5m9nM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h6>\u25ca \u00a0Joe Strummer &amp; The Mescaleros\u00a0\u2193 \u00a02004<\/h6>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NAURGmNsutg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Well they tell me of a pie in the sky<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Waiting for me when I die<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But between the day you&#8217;re born and when you die<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>They never even seem to hear your cry<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So as sure as the sun will shine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m gonna get my share now of what&#8217;s mine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The harder they come, the harder they fall one and all<br \/>\nThe harder they come, the harder they fall one and all<\/p>\n<p><strong>Well the oppressors are trying to keep me down, trying to drive me underground<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>And they think that they&#8217;ve got the battle won<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I say, \u00abForgive &#8216;em Lord they know not what they&#8217;ve done\u00bb<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;Cause as sure as the sun will shine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m gonna get my share now of what&#8217;s mine\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The harder they come, the harder they fall one and all<br \/>\nAnd the harder they come, the harder they fall one and all<\/p>\n<p><strong>And I keep on fighting for the things I want<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Though I know that when you&#8217;re dead you can&#8217;t<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>But I&#8217;d rather be a free man in my grave<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Than living as a puppet or a slave<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>So as sure as the sun will shine<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>I&#8217;m gonna get my share right now of what&#8217;s mine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And then the harder they come, the harder they fall one and all<br \/>\nThe harder they come, the harder they fall one and all . . .<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EYZ-H9xJc6g\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u25ca \u00a0Willie Nelson<\/strong>&#8216;s\u00a0\u2191\u00a02005 \u00a0cover<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2207 Jimmy Cliff \u21d3 [1972]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well they tell me of a pie in the sky &#8211; Waiting for me when I die But between the day you&#8217;re born and when you die They never seem to hear even your cry So as sure as the sun will [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":11240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[102],"class_list":["post-11239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-songs","tag-lyrics","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11239"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51196,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11239\/revisions\/51196"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/englishroam.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}