If you reach back in your memory. Alittle bell might ring. 'Bout 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. 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 the tv 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 how could we have known. They'd double the price of tickets. To go see johnny's show. So we hocked all our possesions. 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 talked through all the music. And paid 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 rock 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 need some 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