Answer:
What heavy seven letter word can you take two away from and be left with eight?
Almost everyone needs it, asks for it, gives it. But almost nobody takes it.
They come in many varieties: Red, Black, Dead, and Caspian to name a few.
Sometimes it's silver but also gold. Printed on paper it's a treasure to hold. What is it?
What has two ends but no beginning?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.