Haggard, Merle - Good Times Lyrics

"when a girl could still cook and still would"



Totally not sexist

I miss the industrial revolution too Merle

He was my parents greatest country artists...I love his music too ..great country artist...😊🎶🎸🎵

Merle wrote some of the best

I got a fever and the only prescription is more tuba.........

If you love Merle Haggard like and the old school country like I do, may you like this one too! https://youtu.be/v7k79pbZfgY

If you don't like this song You're Already Dead and just don't know it.......

can't go get crying drunk without "The Hag" can we???

Aron Ra anyone?

What would Merle have to say today? It is all still pretty relevant and should reach someone at some point. A classic...

My earliest memories of music are of his voice... Funny though I've seen that picture a million times but just noticed his pick is still on his fretboard which as a guitar player can't mean that he's actually playing in the picture. Pretty cool he probably did it intentionally.

Sitting here in 2020 thinking about the old times i wish I lived back then I am going to be 34 in May. I am old soul.

You're just a kiddo. LOL.

There is always an appropriate time for a tuba in any song.

One of the greatest drinking songs

Right now (2/12/2020) we are rolling up hill clawing our way back to where we were... soon a buck will be worth an oz of silver again, I predict probably on November 7th 2020.. God bless our country.. its a privilege to be here.

I love him! And love this picture of him ❤️

Hey y’all, pls pray for Des! I want to walk fast and get back in shape...🥰

Incredible. Be glad you were alive when such a song was created.

Some of the best music ever. A few are carrying it on. Only a few.

I'm with ya brother between pink Floyd and merle George and Hank Jr

Outlaw western country music at its finest!

i hope he isnt wrong

Desearía que un dólar todavía fuera plateado
I wish a buck was still silver

Fue cuando el país era fuerte.
It was back when the country was strong

Antes de Elvis, antes de que llegara la guerra de Vietnam
Back before Elvis, before Vietnam war came along

Antes de los Beatles y ayer.
Before the Beatles and yesterday

Cuando un hombre todavía podría trabajar y aún lo haría
When a man could still work and still would

Es lo mejor de la vida libre detrás de nosotros ahora
Is the best of the free life behind us now

¿Y los buenos tiempos han terminado para siempre?
And are the good times really over for good?

¿Y estamos rodando cuesta abajo como una bola de nieve que se dirige al infierno?
And are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell

¿Sin ninguna posibilidad para la bandera o la campana de la libertad?
With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell?

Deseo un Ford y un Chevy
Wish a Ford and a Chevy

Todavía duraría diez años como deberían
Would still last ten years like they should

Es lo mejor de la vida libre detrás de nosotros ahora
Is the best of the free life behind us now

¿Y los buenos tiempos han terminado para siempre?
And are the good times really over for good?

Desearía que la coca cola todavía fuera cola
I wish coke was still cola

Y un porro era un mal lugar para estar
And a joint was a bad place to be

Fue antes de que Nixon nos mintiera a todos en la televisión.
It was back before Nixon lied to us all on T.V

Antes de hornos de microondas cuando una niña todavía podía cocinar, y todavía lo haría
Before microwave ovens when a girl could still cook, and still would

Es lo mejor de la vida libre detrás de nosotros ahora
Is the best of the free life behind us now

¿Han terminado realmente los buenos tiempos?
Are the good times really over for good?

¿Estamos rodando cuesta abajo como una bola de nieve que se dirige al infierno?
Are we rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell

Sin ninguna posibilidad para la bandera o la campana de la libertad
With no kinda chance for the flag or the liberty bell

Deseo un Ford y un Chevy
Wish a Ford and a Chevy

Todavía duraría diez años como deberían
Would still last ten years like they should

Es lo mejor de la vida libre detrás de nosotros ahora
Is the best of the free life behind us now

¿Y los buenos tiempos han terminado para siempre?
And are the good times really over for good?

Deja de rodar cuesta abajo como una bola de nieve que se dirige al infierno
Stop rolling downhill like a snowball headed for hell

Defiende la bandera y toquemos la campana de la libertad
Stand up for the flag and let's all ring the liberty bell

Hagamos un Ford y un Chevy
Let's make a Ford and a Chevy

Eso todavía duraría diez años como deberían
That would still last ten years like they should

Porque lo mejor de la vida libre aún está por venir
'Cause the best of the free life is still yet to come

Y los buenos tiempos no han terminado para siempre

2020...are the good times really over for good?

My favorite drinking song

Yep they sure are over.

If you don't like this song, the Constitution shouldn't apply to you.

I love you Andy💕

About four thousand millennials stumbled upon this golden classic.

2020.. sorry merle the good times are over.

R. I. P. Country Music

Most boring music of all time. Lyrics are great but the music and voice will put you to sleep

Country has roots, and they run deep. Somewhere nearest to the beginning of these roots, lie Haggard, Jennings, and Jones...

This should be presidents trump escalater ride song

Back before trump lied to us all on TV

The only people lying are the Democrats along with pencil neck Adam Schiff. Making a fool of himself on the Senate floor Impeachment trial.

Classic.. the Beatles of county

2020 country music reborn

I love the way his voice flows with the instruments ..🎼🎼🎼

RIP Daddy..Condit B Overstreet 1947-2013

Legendary🙏

RIP, Hag.

He was ahead of his time on lyrics 🙌🙌ttt24

Arriba donald trump

sometimes this song just gets me when i think of how bad life goes

Old merle makes me think of my super hero. My grand daddy...

Who is gonna listen to this in 2020

He left Dodge out of it but what's funny, I'm driving a 1984 Dodge truck today and will be for years. Been driving it for ten years and it had two previous owners. Maybe he doesn't take care of his shit. I like Fords and Chevys as well, maybe you should change the oil and sparkplugs when they say, and buy silver with petro dollars and quit bitchin. All in all I do love this song.

Aron Ra anyone?

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I gotta thank Rhett and Link for introducing me to Merle, fantastic artist.

This is america, bitches.

I love you Merle

Love this song and it' meaning! It is the truth and our country has gone to shit. Go Trump.

i have a 1964 chevy, n i drive it everyday

i love this song, the best country ever

"Before microwave ovens
,
When a girl could still cook and still would."
Merle is the fucking OG

Wish old Hag was president

Probably could be considered as one of the great country songs EVER

Pardon maa french ¡

What would Merl sing now re our country as it's being turned around via Pres Trump. MAGA! I'm
see more respect for our VETS and soldiers under President Trump than
I've seen from any President I remember. Love how he visits and honors
our troops/vets at every opportunity to the chagrin of the liberal left.
He put Navy Sec Spenser in place, firing him for dis-repecting a loyal
Navy Seal. I believe George Jones along with Mighty Merl if alive would
be singing a song to express the growing pride our fighting men have
which they haven't had in years.

Country fucking sucks ass.

You suck ass.

No...NO THEY AIN'T . And the ones just ahead... they are worth fighting for.

Make America Great Again!

The good times are over for good unfortunately 😭

When POTUS drains the swamp things will change

Love the song but he could have left out degrading the United States President.

His words are so true!! Love God and Good Counrty Music!

Sitting here drinking in my 96 F150. Old Ford's last more than 10 years like they should

I was born in the wrong time period that’s for sure!!! People have always told me I’m an old soul. I always said that if I get married. I want to take this song and play it and have a picture slideshow with it. Pictures of my family and neighbors from back when.
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Besides george strait still making hits there's nothing country about music these days rip hag

The good times are over. Everybodies users and evil

Elvis Presley I sadly agree with you.💔😢

Semper Fi!

Timeless ♥️ love me some Merle

Tonight it is just Merle, a bottle of rye, my cat, and me.

Way better than Post Malone

Can't go forward with these milinals whining and crying about everything. Stand up for the flag and the liberty bell and go to work you whinny little POS 's!

Can you pick a better drinking song?!!

"Only in "MURICA !" God have mercy on us all.

I listened this song everytime I drink. I think then and only then is when it makes more sense. It's hard to explain but I understand this song when I'm drinking more when I'm not drinking.

Takes me back home

I did this song on my channel. https://youtu.be/aUlRTP_aY5Q

The protocols of the elders of Zion is the Truth

Fake news.

The good times died in 2008 when Obama was elected with the goal of turning America into a Third World shithole.

I like haggard and all but he just sounds like a butthurt old white guy in this song

COUNTRY BOYS MAKE IT DONT FORGET THAT

Back when country was county not hip hop with a twang

I can not like this song enough !

This is too depressing for me. I'll stick to NSYNC

I still am hooked on a Chevy truck and I know Ford is good too but I still wounder why why can't these companies live up to their names live proud as an American company and quit f****** around with the American people!!!!!!

Did Ron Swanson dance to this song at prom?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Thank a democrat for making the rich pay their fair share

@J Steel haha you ignorant fuck I'm pretty sure the party of thieves is the one who built ghettos
https://www.npr.org/2015/05/14/406699264/historian-says-dont-sanitize-how-our-government-created-the-ghettos

When I were a young man I would have never thought this country would be going in the direction that it is..........

Im feeling theyre over..all my friends just wanna stay home..nobody wants to givr all night anymore

He aint lying about Ford and Chevy what the fuck happened to the quality of years ago....🤔

You said it all Merle.

good times never were never ever in this evil world.

yes...the good times have been gone for decades....the bolshivichs took over decades and decades ago but kept the illusion going on to sucker everyone in with that american dream bs. we are their cattle. we make them rich and richer and die in their wars in their quest for more riches.....

Ouch! Truth Hurts! Thx. Merle

bough him a brad new 1957 chevy bowtie still kicking ass world wide.

Drinking now

Dear Merle
Your songs ring so true, then and even now. America is definitely rolling downhill like snowball headed for hell. You've probably rolled over in your grave a few times. It's kinda like God took you to a better place so you didn't have to witness the American tragedy that's going on today. Bless you for the music you left us, the new 'liberal' country music just doesn't have the same patriotic love for America that the legendary music once did.
Signed
The Fighting Side Of Me

If u don’t like this song u ain’t American