Goodbye to Good Times

Lyrics

[Refrain] Seems the good times have finally come to pass Make way for bad times, soon to cross our path [Verse 1] When my father was a young man He got Mickey Mantle's autograph And with the Ms shaped like the moon He would contemplate the stars [Refrain] And wish the good times would never come to pass No, they just don't make 'em like that no more No, they just don't make 'em like they used to [Verse 2] When my mother was nineteen She'd dance to Tina, Tina Turner And the hallway'd bеcome a catwalk And she'd go to the show [Refrain] No, thеy just don't make 'em like that no more [Chorus] Well rock me, baby, oh, rock me, child I miss the good times, Mama, they've gone out of style And I don't remember how it feels to dance Goodbye to good times [Refrain] By way the crow flies, it could take all night By way the crow flies, it could take 900 miles [Verse 3] When my sister was a kid She lit a lantern and sent it to the night She asked, "How far will it fly? And where will it land when it falls outta the sky?" [Refrain] By way the crow flies, it could go all night Sometimes the good, sometimes the good die young (Otis Redding) Sometimes the good survive (Diane Lane) [Verse 4] When I was a little boy I wanted to live and breathe inside a song Well how about this one [Refrain] Sometimes the good die young, and sometimes they survive Well, Mickey, Tina, Otis, Diane, goddamn [Chorus] Well rock me, baby, oh, rock me, child I miss the good times, mama, they've gone out of style And I don't remember how it feels to dance Goodbye to good times [Chorus] Oh, rock me, baby, oh, rock me, child I miss the good times, mama, they've gone out of style And I don't remember how it feels to dance Goodbye to good times [Outro] Well this is a photograph, a window to the past Of a family growing old, inside the boxing ring of time In Bittersweet, Bittersweet, Bittersweet, Tennessee