[ti:gone going gone]
[ar:black eyed peas ft.jack johnson]
[al:monkey business]
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[00:04.76]johnny wanna be a big star
[00:06.69]get on stage and play the guitar
[00:08.90]make a little money, buy a fancy car
[00:11.27]big old house and an alligator
[00:13.77]just to match with them alligator shoes
[00:16.25]hes a rich man so hes no longer singing the blues
[00:19.45]hes singing songs about material things
[00:21.83]and platinum rings and watches that go bling
[00:24.21]but, diamonds dont bling in the dark
[00:26.37]he a star now, but he aint singing from the heart
[00:28.79]sooner or later hes just gonna fall apart
[00:31.09]coz his fans cant relate to his new found art
[00:33.73]he aint doing what he did from the start
[00:36.40]and thats putting in some feeling and thought
[00:38.96]he decided to live his life shallow
[00:41.18]passion is love for material
[00:43.31]and its gone... gone... going...
[00:45.62]gone... everything gone... give a damn...
[00:49.20]gone be the birds when they dont want to sing...
[00:52.74]gone people... up awkward with their things... gone.
[01:03.73]you see yourself in the mirror
[01:05.37]and you feel safe coz it looks familiar
[01:07.78]but you afraid to open up your soul
[01:10.09]coz you dont really know, dont really know
[01:12.28]who is, the person thats deep within
[01:14.90]coz you are content with just being the nieve brown man
[01:17.35]and you fail to see that its trivial
[01:19.87]insignificant, you addicted to material
[01:23.11]ive seen your kind before
[01:24.50]your the type that thinks souls is sold in a store
[01:27.78]packaged up with inscent sticks
[01:29.49]with them vegetarian meals
[01:30.82]to you thats righteous
[01:32.72]youre fiction like books
[01:34.29]you need to go out to life and look
[01:36.80]coz... what happens when they take your material
[01:39.45]you already sold your soul
[01:41.06]and its gone... gone... going...
[01:44.66]gone... everything gone... give a damn...
[01:47.53]gone be the birds when they dont want to sing...
[01:50.87]gone people... up awkward with their things... gone.
[02:00.71]you say that time is money and money is time
[02:03.26]so you got mind in your money and your money on your mind
[02:05.62]but what about... that crime that you did to get paid
[02:08.07]and what about... that bid, you cant take it to your brain
[02:12.21]why you on about those shoes youll wear today
[02:14.80]theyll do no good on the bridges youve walked along the way
[02:20.19]all that money that you got gonna be gone
[02:22.40]that gear that you rock gonna be gone
[02:25.21]the house up on the hill gonna be gone
[02:27.31]the gold -- on your grill gonna be gone
[02:29.86]the ice on your wrist gonna be gone
[02:32.34]that nice little miss gonna be gone
[02:34.88]that whip that you roll gonna be gone
[02:37.22]and whats worst is your soul will be gone
[02:39.55]and its gone... gone... going...
[02:42.45]gone... everything gone... give a damn...
[02:45.59]gone be the birds when they dont want to sing...
[02:49.02]gone people... up awkward with their things... gone.