70 years is all we got
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To accumulate goods that seem to mean a lot
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For the first 20 years, you're off to school
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Learnin' principles and learnin' the tools
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To make lots of money, the ultimate goal
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Gain the whole world and yet lose ya soul
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Huh, humanism is on a roll
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20 gets the the knowledge, 30 years to apply
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and just 20 years left for askin' why
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I didn't realize what it was all about
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And, was there any use in this rigorous route because
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(chorus)
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Things of this world are passin' away
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Here tomorrow, but they're sure not here to stay
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Things of this world are passin' away
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So lay your treasure above
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And start to live for Him today
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All done for self in this world will pass
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And all done for Christ in this world will last
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Sounds like a simple task...
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But everyday life seems to get in the way
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No time to serve, barely time to pray
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Our focal points lost and we get tossed
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In the wind, cold facing the cost
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Of fallin' without stallin' or even callin' the Lord
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While you were blackballin'
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He was waitin' for you to see the light
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And find for yourself, these things are trite
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(repeat chorus)
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(vamp)
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Our mind transforms a want to a need
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A simple process that we call greed
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Ya say ya like to have money, well I do too
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The problem starts when the money has you
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Workin' overtime to keep up with the pace
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A lifestyle that you want to embrace
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But it's 2 steps from where your needs are met
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You're keepin' up with the Joneses, but your all in debt
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Which will lead to stress, not meeting the bills
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While ya sportin' a Benz with all the thrills
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The domino effect's gotcha life in check
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A temporary stitch and ya livin' a wreck
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(repeat chorus 2x)
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Don't lay up your treasures upon this Earth
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They'll soon pass away
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And all return to dirt [4x]
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Things of this world are passin' away
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Here tomorrow, but they're sure not here to stay
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Things of this world, things of this world
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The things, the things, the things of this world
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Don't lay up your treasures upon this Earth
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They'll soon pass away
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And all return to dirt [2x]
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Things Of This World
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