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