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 downhill 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 [Incomprehensible] wood   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 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?      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 still last ten years, like they should   'Cause the best of the free life is still yet to come   The good times ain't over for good