<Table> <Tr> <Td> "Big City" (1981) </Td> <Td> "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Going Where the Lonely Go" (1982) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Big City" (1981) </Td> <Td> "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" (1982) </Td> <Td> "Going Where the Lonely Go" (1982) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers . It was released in May 1982 as the third single from his album Big City . The theme of the song is the desire to return to a simpler time . The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1982) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canadian RPM Country Tracks </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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