Good While It Lasted

[Verse 1] You're like sleep, take what I can get But I've gotta make some sense of this, so here the fuck I sit At 3 a.m., trying way too hard To find the words to slow my sweet, addicted heart [Verse 2] You're like sleep, I can't get near enough And I pretend that I don't need you when I'm out doing stuff Went so deep, a lucky young man's dream And last time I tried this sober, I was seventeen [Chorus] And all that I needed was all that I had It was good while it lasted You let me kiss you on Broadway in a black Cadillac And it was good while it lasted [Verse 3] Last night I didn't sleep at all, I found another empty wall And I couldn't get past it And for a minute in the afternoon, I almost didn't think of you It was good while it lasted [Verse 4] It's more than real, a plastic universe And I wanna know your secrets, even when it hurts You speak so soft, but there's something dark in there And I think I'll ask for more than just a love affair You're like sleep, and the nights are adding up Well, I wish I still smoked cigarettes and acted tough [Chorus] And all that I had was all that I needed It was good while it lasted With your head on my shoulder, my soldiers retreated It was good while it lasted [Verse 5] A mattress on the palace floor and a light I'd never seen before And I couldn't get past it And for a little while this afternoon, I dreamed that I was in your room And it was good while it lasted [Bridge] Baby, let me learn from you How'd you get that shade of blue? What's it like from where you stand? Let me hold your steady hand [Chorus] And all that I wanted was all that I had And it was good while it lasted Now I feel like a boy who got caught being bad And it was good while it lasted [Verse 6] That night you came and stayed with me, painted on my memory I'll never get past it I got to hold a piece of you in the evening on the avenue It was good while it lasted