{"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":"<body><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\u2019m Rufus, that white poodle, fluffy as can be,<br>\nTrottin\u2019 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\u2019s 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\u2019 on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br>\nClouds are gatherin\u2019 overhead.<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br>\nThat\u2019s the thought inside my head.<br>\nWe\u2019ll keep waggin\u2019, keep on hopin\u2019,<br>\nThough tomorrow\u2019s hard to see.<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming\u2026<br>\nLord, have mercy on you and me.<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br>\nGurdy said, \u201cHow\u2019s Danny? Haven\u2019t seen him surfin\u2019 much.\u201d<br>\nI sighed and said, \u201cHe\u2019s smilin\u2019, but he\u2019s hurtin\u2019 just as such.\u201d<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\u2019t 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\u2019 overhead.<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br>\nThat\u2019s the thought inside my head.<br>\nWe\u2019ll keep waggin\u2019, keep on hopin\u2019,<br>\nThough tomorrow\u2019s hard to see.<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming\u2026<br>\nLord, have mercy on you and me.<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br>\nGurdy whispered softly, \u201cThere\u2019s another thing I know\u2026\u201d<br>\n\u201cSomething \u2019bout Preacher Willy just don\u2019t sit right in my soul.\u201d<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\u2019t match the grocery bills we\u2019re readin\u2019 line by line.<br>\nWe ain\u2019t lookin\u2019 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\u2019ll stand side by side.<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming,<br>\nBut we won\u2019t surrender pride.<br>\nWe\u2019ll keep laughin\u2019, keep believin\u2019,<br>\nLove is stronger than the fear.<br>\nI fear worst times are a coming\u2026<br>\nBut we\u2019ll hold our loved ones near.<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br>\nJust a white poodle and a dachshund walkin\u2019 slow beneath the sun,<br>\nPrayin\u2019 brighter days are waitin\u2019 when this troubled road is done.<br>\nUntil then we\u2019ll keep on singin\u2019, no matter what may be\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I fear worst times are a coming\u2026<br>\nBut hope still walks with me.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lyrics: [I Fear Worst Times Are a Coming] [Verse 1] I\u2019m 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":""},"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}]}}