Goodbye to Good Times

[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