Lost it on the chesterfield  
  
 or maybe on a gamblin wheel  
  
 lost it in a diamond mine  
  
 it's dark as hell and hard to find  
  
 you can climb to the top of the highest tree  
  
 you can look around, but you still won't see  
  
 what i'm lookin for  
  
  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 all the stupid fun  
  
 and all that shit we've done  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 well i still don't know  
  
  
  
 out in the back in the old corn field  
  
 underneath the tractor wheel  
  
 thought i'd dig, til i'd found it first  
  
 broke my back and died of thirst  
  
 you can bribe the devil, you can pray to god  
  
 you can sell off everything you got  
  
 and you still won't know  
  
  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 all the stupid fun  
  
 and all that shit we've done  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 and you still don't know  
  
  
  
 saw it on the silver screen  
  
 preacher says, "don't know what it means"  
  
 last page ad in a comic book  
  
 bought me a map, showed me where to look  
  
 it ain't carved of stone or made of wood  
  
 and if you paid for it, then it's still no good  
  
 and you still won't know  
  
 what i'm looking for  
  
  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 where the good times gone?  
  
 all the stupid fun  
  
 and all that shit we've done  
  
 where the good times gone?