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? 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?