2002
5:10
Official Music Video
Money Becomes King by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Lyrics & Translation
English
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 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 possessions
And we sold a little dope
And went off to rock 'n' 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 to John paid little mind
And way up in the nosebleeds
We watched upon the screen
They'd hung between the billboards
So cheaper seats could see
Johnny rocked that golden circle
And all those VIPs
And that music that had freed us
Became a tired routine
And I saw his face in close-up
Tryin' 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
And money became king
Spanish translations are provided by the LyricVerse team.
Spanish translation of Money Becomes King by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Money Becomes King* (original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers)
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 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 possessions
And we sold a little dope
And went off to rock 'n' 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 to John paid little mind
And way up in the nosebleeds
We watched upon the screen
They'd hung between the billboards
So cheaper seats could see
Johnny rocked that golden circle
And all those VIPs
And that music that had freed us
Became a tired routine
And I saw his face in close-up
Tryin' 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
And money became king
Money Becomes King (traducción LyricVerse Team)
Si buscas en tu memoria
Una campanita podría sonar
Sobre un tiempo que una vez existió
Cuando el dinero no era rey
Si estiras tu imaginación
Les contaré a todos un cuento
Sobre un tiempo en que todo
No estaba a la venta
Había un gato llamado Johnny
A quien le encantaba tocar y cantar
Cuando el dinero no era rey
Todos nos emocionábamos tanto
Cuando John daba un espectáculo
Juntábamos el dinero entre nosotros
Y por el camino nos íbamos
Para escucharlo tocar esa música
Me hablaba directamente al alma
Cada verso un diamante
Y cada estribillo oro
El sonido era mi salvación
Era simplemente todo
Antes de que el dinero se hiciera rey
Bueno, no estoy seguro de cómo pasó
Y no sé exactamente cuándo
Pero todo se hizo más grande
Y las reglas empezaron a doblarse
Y la televisión le enseñó a la gente
Cómo hacer que su cabello brillara
Y cuán dulce puede ser la vida
Si mantienes un trasero firme
Y subieron el costo de vida
¿Y cómo pudimos haber sabido
Que duplicarían el precio de las entradas
Para ir a ver el show de Johnny?
Así que empeñamos todas nuestras posesiones
Y vendimos un poco de droga
Y nos fuimos a rockear
Llegamos temprano
A tiempo para ver el ensayo
Y John salió e hizo playback
De su nuevo comercial de cerveza light
Y a medida que la multitud llegaba
Hasta donde pude ver
Las caras eran todas diferentes
No había nadie allí como yo
Se sentaron en círculos dorados
Y los camareros les sirvieron vino
Y hablaron durante toda la música
Y a John le prestaron poca atención
Y allá arriba en las gradas más altas
Mirábamos en la pantalla
Que habían colgado entre las vallas publicitarias
Para que los asientos más baratos pudieran ver
Johnny rockeó ese círculo dorado
Y a todos esos VIPs
Y esa música que nos había liberado
Se convirtió en una rutina cansada
Y vi su cara en primer plano
Intentando dar todo lo que tenía
Y a veces sus ojos lo traicionaban
Se podía ver que estaba triste
Y traté de seguir rockeando con él
Pero lentamente me aburrí
¿Podría ese hombre en el escenario con todo
De alguna manera necesitar más?
No tenía sentido fingir
No quedaba magia por escuchar
Todo lo que la música me dio
Fue un antojo de cerveza light
Mientras salía de la arena
Mis oídos empezaron a zumbar
Y el dinero se hizo rey
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