Artist: black eyed peas
Song: gone going gone
Album: Monkey Business
Year: 2005
Johnny wanna be a big star
get on stage and play the guitar 
make a little money buy a fancy car
a big old house and a alligator
just to match with them alligator shoes
Hes a rich man so hes no longer singing the blues
he singin songs about material things... 
And platinum rings and watches that go bling, 
but diamonds dont bling in the dark 
he a star now, but he aint singin it from the heart 
Sooner or later hes just gonna fall apart 
cause his fans cant relate to his new found art 
He aint doin what he did from the start 
and thats putting in some feeling and thought 
he decided to live his life shallow 
cash in his love for material 
and it's gone 
chorus ( jack johnson ) 
gone going gone...everything gone give a damn 
gone be the birds when they dont want to sing 
gone people 
up awkward with their things....gone 
you see yourself in the mirror 
and ya ...feel safe cause it looks familiar 
but ya ...afraid up to open up your soul 
cause ya ...dont really know, to really know 
who is ... the person thats deep within 
cause you content with just being the nave brown man 
thought to see that its trivial, insignificatnt you addicted to material 
I seen your kind before 
your the type that thinks souls is sold in the store 
packaged up with inscence sticks with a vegetarian meal to you thats rightious 
your fiction like books , need to go out to life and look 
cause uh... what happens when they take your material , and you already sold your soul 
and its.... 
chorus ( jack johnson ) 
gone going gone...everything gone give a damn 
gone be the birds when they dont want to sing 
gone people 
up awkward with their things....gone 
you say that time is money and money is time 
so you got your mind on your money and your money on your mind 
but what about that crime you did to get paid 
and what about that bid you cant take it to your brain 
( jack johnson ) 
what about those shoes your in today, they will be no good, on the bridges you've walked along the way 
all that money that you got 
gonna be gone 
yah.. 
That gear that you rock 
gonna be gone 
that house up on the hill 
gonna be gone 
the gold purse on your grill 
gonna be gone 
the ice on your wrist 
gonna be gone 
that nice little miss 
gonna be gone 
that whip that you roll ... 
gonna be gone 
whats worst is your soul already gone... 
(yeah it's gone)
chorus ( jack johnson ) 
gone going gone...everything gone give a damn 
gone be the birds when they dont want to sing 
gone people 
awkward with their things....gone