Are Good Times Really Over ?

Are The Good Times Really Over ?

Lyrics and Vocals: The late, great American country music singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler Merle Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016).

Are The Good Times Really Over ?

I wish a buck was still silver.
It was back when the country was strong,
Back before Elvis,
And before the Vietnam war came along.
Before The Beatles and ‘Yesterday’,
When a man could still work, still would.
The best of the free life behind us now,
And are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling down hill,
Like a snowball headed for Hell?
With no kind of chance,
For the Flag or the Liberty Bell*.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?
I wish Coke was still Cola,
And a joint was a bad place to be.
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.
Before microwave ovens,
When a girl could still cook and still would.
The best of the free life behind us now,
Are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling down hill,
Like a snowball headed for Hell?
With no kind of chance,
For the Flag or the Liberty Bell.
Wish a Ford and a Chevy,
Could still last ten years, like they should.
Is the best of the free life behind us now?
Are the good times really over for good?
Stop rolling down hill,
Like a snowball headed for Hell.
Stand up for the Flag,
And let’s all ring the Liberty Bell.
Let’s make a Ford and a Chevy,
That’ll still last ten years like they should.
The best of the free life is still yet to come,
The good times ain’t over for good.

END

“Proclaim Liberty Throughout All the Land Unto All the Inhabitants thereof.”
* In its early years, the Liberty Bell, (Philadelphia, US State Of Philadelphia) previously called the ‘State House Bell’ or ‘Old State House Bell’, was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens about public meetings and proclamations.
The bell was used as a symbol of freedom during the Cold War and was a popular site for protests in the 1960s.