Money Becomes King Lyrics

Money Becomes King

Money Becomes King
if you reach back in your memory
a little bell might
ring
about a time that once existed
when money wasn't king
if you
stretch your imagination
i'll tell you all a tale
about a time when
everything
wasn't up for sale

there was this cat named johnny
who
loved to play and sing
when money wasn't king

we'd all get so excited
when
john would give a show
we'd raise the cash between us
and down
the road we'd go
to hear him play that music
it spoke right to my
soul
every verse a diamond
and every chorus gold
the sound was my
salvation
it was only everything
before money became king

well I
ain't sure how it happened
and i don't know exactly when
but everything
got bigger
and the rules began to bend
and they taught the people
how
to get their hair to shine
and how sweet life can be
if you keep a tight
behind
and they raised the cost of living
and could we have
known
they'd doubled the price of tickets
to go see johnny's
show


so we hocked all our possessions
and we sold a little
dope
and went off to rock and roll

we arrived there early
in time
to see rehearsal
and john came out and lip-synched
his new lite beer
commercial
and as the crowd arrived
as far as i could see
the faces
were all different
there was no one there like me

they sat in golden
circles
and waiters served them wine
and they talked through al the
music
and to john paid little mind
and way up in the nosebleeds
we
watched him on the screen
they'd hung between the billboards
so cheaper
seats could see

johnny rocked that golden circle
and all those
VIP's
and that music that had freed us
became a tired routine
and i
saw his face in close-up
trying to give it all he had
and sometimes his
eyes betrayed him
you could see that he was sad
and i tried to rock on
with him
but i slowly became bored
could that man on stage
with
everything
somehow needed more?

there was no use in pretending
no
magic left to hear
all the music gave me
was a craving for lite
beer
as i walked out of the arena
my ears began to ring
and money
became king