Merle Haggard - 1929 lyrics

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 d** 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