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