[Intro]      [Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine A dollar bill ain’t worth one thin dime And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind Are we living now or nineteen-twenty nine [Verse 2] 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 [Chorus] Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine A dollar bill ain’t worth one thin dime Tricks are sometimes played upon the mind Is it really now or nineteen-twenty nine [Intrumental]                        [Verse 3]   The devil’s changed the candy flavor some    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? [Chorus] Are we living now or is it nineteen-twenty nine   A dollar bill ain’t worth one thin dime   And tricks are sometimes played upon the mind Is it really now or nineteen-twenty nine [Outro]