Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)

[Songwriter: Merle Haggard] [Verse 1] I wish a buck was still silver It was back when the country was strong Back before Elvis Before the Vietnam war came along [Chorus 1] 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? [Chorus 2] 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? [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus 1] [Chorus 2](x2)