Good While It Lasted

I smoked my last cigarette

I drank my last drop

Quit doing all the things I swore I'd never stop

Changed my direction

Sang a different tune

Gave up all those childish things that make you old too soon

Things were going good there for a while

I tried to straighten out this crooked road that I was on

It was good while it lasted, but it didn't last too long

I used to sing on Broadway

Same songs every night

Playing for a tip jar underneath the neon lights

Had a good time with the women

And the compliments came free

I dreamed of something bigger, but it wasn't meant to be

I thought I had it all there for a while

Just like a desperado out there searching for a song

It was good while it lasted, but it didn't last too long

Nothing lasts forever and time knows that it's true

Sometimes just a little while is the best that we can do

You ended up beside me

Like a long-forgotten dream

Picked me up and showed me colors I had never seen

You said we'd stay together

Together till the end

But the end means something different to a lover than a friend

We thought we had it all there for a while

Just like that perfect moment before the darkness turns to dawn

It was good while it lasted, but it didn't last too long

It was good while it lasted, but it didn't last too long