I wish a buck was still silver,
and 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 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 down hill, like a snowball headed for Hell?
...With no kind of chance for the flag or the Liberty Bell?
I wish a Ford or a Chevy would still last ten years,
like they shouls, is the best of the free life behind us now,
and are the good times really over for good?
Is the best of the free life behind us now,
and are the good times reaally over for good?
I wish a Coke was still cola,
and a Joint was just a bad place to be,
and it was 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,
and are the good times really over for good?
Are we rolling downhill,
like a snowball headed for Hell...
with no kind of chance for the flag or the Liberty Bell?
Will a Ford or a Chevy still last ten years, like they should?
And is the best of the free life behind us now,
and are the good times really over for good.
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy still last ten years,
like they should,
and the best of the free life will be still yet to come,
and the good times won't be really over for good...
The best of the free life is still yet to come,
and the good times aint really over for good.