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Artist: The Steel Woods
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Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
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Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
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I wish a buck was still silver
Back when the country was strong
Back before Elvis, before 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
And are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell
With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell?
Wish a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And 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 everybody 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 downhill like a snowball headed for hell
With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell
Wish a Ford and a Chevy would still last ten years like they should
Is the best of the free life behind us now
And are the good times really over for good?
Stop rolling downhill 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 would still last ten years like they should
'Cause the best of the free years is still yet to come
And the good times ain't over for good
Oh, the best of the free years is still yet to come
And the good times ain't over for good
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