Lyrics to
In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)

This version of In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) was released by Dolly Parton in 1969.

Our About Dolly Parton page at Decade Lyrics includes the lyrics for In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) from 1969 as well as all of the other lyrics from Dolly Parton that we have in our lyrics database.

Here's more interesting things in songs and lyrics tied to Dolly Parton or about the 1960s in general.

We’d get up before sun-up to get the work done up
We’d work in the fields till the sun had gone down
We’ve stood and we’ve cried as we have bristly watched
A hailstorm a’ beatin’ our crops to the ground
We’ve gone to bed hungry many nights in the past
In the good old days when times were bad

No amount of money could buy from me
The memories that I have of then
No amount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again

I’ve seen daddy’s hands break open and bleed
And I’ve seen him work till he’s stiff as a board
An’ I’ve seen momma layin’ in suffer and sickness
In need of a doctor we couldn’t afford
Anything at all was more than we had
In the good old days when times were bad

We’ve got up before and found ice on the floor
Where the wind would blow snow through the cracks in the wall
And I couldn’t enjoy then, havin’ a boyfriend
I had nothing decent to wear at all
So I long for a love that I never had
In the good old days when times were bad

No amount of money could buy from me
The memories that I have of then
No amount of money could pay me
To go back and live through it again

In the good old days when times were bad
In the good old days when times were bad

---

Want more lyrics and songs by Dolly Parton?

Dolly Parton has released many songs over the years besides In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad). Dolly Parton released songs from 1967 to 2005 spanning across albums like Hello, I'm Dolly, Just Because I'm A Woman, My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy, In The Good Old Days, As Long As I Love, The Fairest Of Them All, A Real Live Dolly, Coat Of Many Colors, The Golden Streets Of Glory, Joshua, Touch Your Woman, My Favorite Songwriter: Porter Wagoner, Bubbling Over, My Tennessee Mountain Home, Love Is Like A Butterfly, Jolene, Dolly: The Seeker / We Used To, The Bargain Store, All I Can Do, New Harvest... First Gathering, Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker, Great Balls Of Fire, 9 To 5 And Odd Jobs, Dolly, Dolly, Dolly, Heartbreak Express, The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, Burlap & Satin, Rhinestone, The Great Pretender, Real Love, Rainbow, White Limozeen, Home For Christmas, Eagle When She Flies, Straight Talk, Slow Dancing With The Moon, Heartsongs: Live From Home, Something Special, Treasures, Hungry Again, The Grass Is Blue, Precious Memories, Little Sparrow, Halos & Horns, For God And Country, and Those Were The Days. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Dolly Parton.

If you're a fan of the music of the 1960s looking for more songs from 1969 or the 1960s overall, you've come to the right place!

More Songs & Lyrics by Dolly Parton

Visit our Dolly Parton profile for more Dolly Parton songs, lyrics & info!

)