And how could we have known
They'd hung between the billboards, so cheaper seats could see
The faces were all different, there was no one there like me
About a time when everything wasn't up for sale
But everything got bigger and the rules began to bend
And talked through all the music and to John paid little mind
All the music gave me was a craving for lite beer
When money wasn't king
But I slowly became bored
We'd all get so excited when John would give a show
Johnny rock that golden circle, and all those VIP's
There was this cat named Johnny
Before money became king
To hear him play that music, it spoke right to my soul
We arrived there early in time to see rehearsal
And as the crowd arrived as far as I could see
Who loved to play and sing
And went off to rock and roll
And they raised the cost of living
And we sold a little dope
And how sweet life can be if you keep a tight behind
There was no use in pretending, no magic left to hear
To go see Johnny's show
As I walked out of the arena, my ears began to ring
And John came out and lip synced, his new lite beer commercial
They'd double the price of tickets
If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale
It was only everything
We'd raise the cash between us and down the road we'd go
So we hocked all our possessions
Every verse a diamond and every chorus gold
And I tried to rock on with him
And the TV taught the people, how to get their hair to shine
Well, I ain't sure how it happened and I don't know exactly when
And that music that had freed us became a tired routine
Somehow need some more?
And way up in the nosebleeds, we watched him on the screen
And the sound was my salvation
And sometimes his eyes betrayed him, you could see that he was sad
They sat in golden circles and waiters served them wine
And I saw his face in close-up trying to give it all he had
Could that man on stage with everything
