{"id":1436,"date":"2026-07-29T12:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T12:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2026-07-29T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T13:04:16","slug":"music-video-i-fear-worst-times-are-a-coming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/2026\/07\/29\/music-video-i-fear-worst-times-are-a-coming\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Video: I Fear Worst Times Are A Coming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pbs-main-wrapper\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"I Fear Worst Times Are a Coming\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1YcuuN3DLhk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Lyrics:<\/p>\n<p>[I Fear Worst Times Are a Coming]<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nI&#8217;m Rufus, that white poodle, fluffy as can be,<br \/>\nTrottin&#8217; through the grocery store, just my cart and me.<br \/>\nMilk keeps climbing higher, eggs have learned to fly,<br \/>\nEvery little price tag makes a good dog wanna cry.<\/p>\n<p>I sniffed around the bakery, passed the butcher&#8217;s stand,<br \/>\nEven biscuits cost enough to make me shake a paw in panic, man.<br \/>\nI counted out my dog treats, had to put one back,<br \/>\nThese hard times got my tail tucked underneath my back.<\/p>\n<p>[Pre-Chorus]<br \/>\nThen my little dachshund buddy, Gurdy, came around,<br \/>\nWith those tiny little footsteps tappin&#8217; on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br \/>\nClouds are gatherin&#8217; overhead.<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the thought inside my head.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll keep waggin&#8217;, keep on hopin&#8217;,<br \/>\nThough tomorrow&#8217;s hard to see.<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming&#8230;<br \/>\nLord, have mercy on you and me.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nGurdy said, &#8220;How&#8217;s Danny? Haven&#8217;t seen him surfin&#8217; much.&#8221;<br \/>\nI sighed and said, &#8220;He&#8217;s smilin&#8217;, but he&#8217;s hurtin&#8217; just as such.&#8221;<br \/>\nHis twin brother Randy left this world before his time,<br \/>\nDanny hides the heartbreak with another cheerful line.<\/p>\n<p>He still rides the ocean where the evening meets the sky,<br \/>\nBut every wave reminds him of the reasons grown men cry.<br \/>\nSome grief runs so deep that words can&#8217;t reach the pain,<br \/>\nSo he carries it in silence through the sunshine and the rain.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br \/>\nClouds are gatherin&#8217; overhead.<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s the thought inside my head.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll keep waggin&#8217;, keep on hopin&#8217;,<br \/>\nThough tomorrow&#8217;s hard to see.<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming&#8230;<br \/>\nLord, have mercy on you and me.<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nGurdy whispered softly, &#8220;There&#8217;s another thing I know&#8230;&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Something &#8217;bout Preacher Willy just don&#8217;t sit right in my soul.&#8221;<br \/>\nI nodded without answer, let the silence fill the air,<br \/>\nSometimes your heart sees shadows that are mighty hard to bear.<\/p>\n<p>The President on television says everything is fine,<br \/>\nBut that don&#8217;t match the grocery bills we&#8217;re readin&#8217; line by line.<br \/>\nWe ain&#8217;t lookin&#8217; for a miracle, just honesty today,<br \/>\nAnd enough to fill the pantry in an old-fashioned way.<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br \/>\nStill we&#8217;ll stand side by side.<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br \/>\nBut we won&#8217;t surrender pride.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll keep laughin&#8217;, keep believin&#8217;,<br \/>\nLove is stronger than the fear.<br \/>\nI fear worst times are a coming&#8230;<br \/>\nBut we&#8217;ll hold our loved ones near.<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nJust a white poodle and a dachshund walkin&#8217; slow beneath the sun,<br \/>\nPrayin&#8217; brighter days are waitin&#8217; when this troubled road is done.<br \/>\nUntil then we&#8217;ll keep on singin&#8217;, no matter what may be&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I fear worst times are a coming&#8230;<br \/>\nBut hope still walks with me.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics: [I Fear Worst Times Are a Coming] [Verse 1] I&#8217;m Rufus, that white poodle,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[125,116,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ai","category-music","category-youtube-mighty-muddy-chuck"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1438,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/1438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mmchuck.com\/m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}