Peru–Bolivian Confederation Felipe Salaverry, who rebelled and overthrew him in 1835. Orbegoso, however, did not lose the support of southern Peru and called in to his help the president of Bolivia. It was the opportunity that Marshal Santa Cruz, himself a former president of Peru, was waiting for. The Bolivian army promptly proceeded to invade Peru. With Bolivian help, General Orbegoso quickly regained his leadership throughout the country and had Salaverry executed. As a reward for the support he had received from Santa Cruz, he agreed to the formation of the new Peru–Bolivian Confederation. Santa Cruz assumed the "supreme protectorship" of the
As Good as I Once Was much "energy" as we once had." "Sputnik Music" called it "a testament to how much old age sucks" while Allmusic declared the song was "wonderfully self-depreciating". Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He said that "does anybody believe, unless they knew the size of his bank account, that two hot twins would approach Toby in a crowded bar and request a threesome?" The lyrics from this song notably parallel the circumstances surrounding the governance of the City of New Haven in the early-20th Century, according to noted lecturer Douglas "Dougie" W. Rae.