Going Going Gone

It won't last forever It's there and then it's gone Burns out like firewood Fades out like a song And I have no answers, darling It's neither right or wrong But when the hammer comes down It is going, going, gone It's the wheel of fortune It's the luck of the draw It's funny how the people with the most Are the ones who are reaching out for more There's no rhyme or reason, darling It's neither short nor long But when the hammer comes down It is going, going, gone Like sunshine on the ocean You can't catch it in your hands if you tried Like waking from a dream that's fading And the more that you chase it The less that you can taste it 'Til all you have is the echo of a song For when the hammer comes down It is going, going, going, gone