Are the Good Times Really Over for Good?

I wish a Buck was still silver
 It was back when the country was strong
 Back before Elvis
 Before the Vietnam war came along
 Before The Beatles and "Yesterday"
 When a man could still work, and still would
 Is 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?
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 I wish coke was still cola
 And a joint was a bad place to be
 Back before Nixon lied to us all on TV
 Before microwave ovens
 When a girl could still cook and still would
 Is 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 twenty years, like they should
 Is the best of the free life behind us now?
 Are the good times really over for good?