1929 - Merle Haggard

All my life I’ve heard about hard depression days

They so resemble times we’re living now

And old news of yesteryear sounds like yesterday

And hunger lines always look the same somehow

Are we living now or is it 1929

A dollar bill ain’t worth one thin dime

And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

Are we living now or 1929

Old songs tell about the way it was back then

I think I’ve sung 'em all from time to time

It looks like we are headed for the same old fall again

But a hard depression blues would sure do fine

Are we living now or is it 1929

A dollar bill ain’t worth one thin dime

And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

Is it really now or 1929

The devil’s changed the candy flavor some

Somehow we’ve gone to drugs instead of wine

But old Skid Row is still alive where the demons run

Is it the eighties now or 1929

Are we living now or is it 1929

A dollar bill ain’t worth one thin dime

And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

Is it really now or 1929