good while it lasted

i smoked my last cigarette

i drank my last drop

quit doing all the things

that i swore i'd never stop

i changed my direction

sang a different tune

gave up all those childish ways

that made me old too soon

things were going good there for a while

i tried to straighten out the crooked road that i was on

it was good while it lasted

but it didn't last too long

i used to play down on broadway

the same song every night

singing for the tip jar

underneath the neon light

had a good time with the women

and the compliments were free

i dreamed of something bigger

but it just wasn't meant to be

but i was happy there for a while

just like a desperado

out searching for a song

it was good while it lasted

but it didn't last too long

nothing last forever

time knows that it's true

sometimes a little while's the best that we can do

you ended up beside me

like some long-forgotten dream

you took my hand and showed me colors

i had never seen

we both said forever

forever till the end

but forever's something different

to a lover than a friend

we thought we had it all there for a while

just like that perfect moment 'fore the darkness turned to dawn

it was good while it lasted

but it didn't last too long

the one thing i can tell from all this life that's come undone

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