1929

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 in 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

Tricks are sometimes played upon the mind

Is it really now or 1929?

The devil's changed the candy flavorsome

Somehow we've gone to drugs instead of wine

But old Skid Row is still alive with the demon rum

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?