Mickey Mantle’s Autograph

Seems the good times have finally come to pass
Make way for bad times soon to cross our path

When my father was a young man
He got mickey mantels autograph
And with the M's shaped like the moon
He would contemplate the stars
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
When my mother was 19
She'd dance to Tina, Tina Turner

And the hallway would become a catwalk and she'd go to the show
No they just don't make em like that no more
Well rock me baby, well 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
By way the crow flies, it could take all night
By way the crow flies, it could take 900 miles

When my sister was a kid, she lit a lantern and sent it to the night
And she asked how far will it fly
And where will it land when it falls out of the sky
By way the crow flys, it could take all night

Sometimes the good die young, River Phoenix
Sometimes the good survive, Dianna Ross
When I was a young man I wanted to live and breath inside a song
Well how bout this one?

Sometimes the good die young and sometimes they survive
Well Mickey, Tina, River, Diana, gooddamn
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
Well this is a photograph

Oh a window to the past
Of a family growing old
Inside the boxing ring of time
In bittersweet, Tennessee