The good times ain't over for good, they never are

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.

And it was back before Nixon lied to us all on TV.

Before microwave ovens,

When a girl still cooked and chopped wood.

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?



One more time:



Stop rolling down hill 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,

Still last ten years, like they should.

'Cos the best of the free life is still yet to come,

The good times ain't over for good?

Stop rolling down hill 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'll still last ten years, like they should.

'Cos the best of the free life is still yet to come,

An' the good times ain't over for good?

 

What's the matter, Russ, got the blues? HEY! SOMEBODY GIVE RUSS A HUG!

By the way, Muskogee is the drug capital of Oklahoma.


Pete

 

That reminds me, I think "Merle Fest" is coming soon.

 

But...sadly, Merle won't be there, he's as dead as Julius Caesar.

 

No, I don't believe so. He is very much alive.

 

"Down every road, there's always one more city............."

 

Merle will be 71 on April 6th.

 

Could be thinkin of Waylon Jennings.

 

Mebbe - Waylon is quite dead.

 

He had nice hands, diddn't he?

 

I'm not much of a Merle fan. But I did like Waylon.. Willie, Kris, and Johnny... or maybe some Hank (Jr or Sr)....

 

Sorry, my apologies to y'all and, of course to Merle himself.

I confused the death of Bonnie Owens who died two years ago, with her (former) husband...Merle.

 

Holy crap Bill! You are human!!!!!

 

Today is Merle's birthday - 76 years old.

 

Born April 6th, 1937 = 71