Merle Haggard - What Happened? lyrics

It used to be Andy and Barney Fife
Now it's Howard Stern and the brothel life
Too much crap can drive the world insane
Everybody's singing the jailhouse blues
Don't believe a word of the evening news
Truth that stood for years is down the drain

Trailer parks with a building code
Cul-de-sacs and the country road
High-tech bars with that karaoke sound
Uncle Sam gets your money spent
Pay your tithes, you can't pay your rent
Foreign cars selling big in American town

What happened? Does anybody know?
What happened? Where did America go?
Everything Walmart all the time
No more Mom & Pop five and dime
What happened? Where did America go?
Where did America go?

How did we ever go so wrong?
Did we get too high? Did we sleep to long?
Why did we raise the price of gasoline?
I remember the morning the Towers fell
I fell back asleep and dreamed of hell
I guess I thought it all was part of my dream

What happened? Does anybody know?
What happened? Where did America go?
Everything Walmart all the time
No more Mom & Pop five and dime
What happened? Where did America go?
Where did America go?

Where'd it go, boys? Tell me
Hey, hey I'm gonna preach it's gone
I miss America