Good While It Lasted-Hayes Carll

[00:01.11]Good While It Lasted -Hayes Carll [00:02.266]Written by ：Darrell Scott/Hayes Carll [00:12.807]I smoked my last cigarette [00:15.828]I drank my last drop [00:18.498]Quit doing all the things [00:20.662]That I swore I'd never stop [00:23.930]I changed my direction [00:26.683]Sang a different tune [00:29.290]Gave up all those childish ways [00:32.43]That made me old too soon [00:34.898]Things were going goodday for a while [00:40.207]I tried to straighten out the crooked road that I was on [00:47.20]It was good while it lasted [00:50.131]But it didn't last too long [00:57.12]I used to play on Broadway [01:00.184]The same song every night [01:03.365]Singing for the tip jar [01:05.292]Underneath the neon light [01:08.398]Had a good time with the women [01:11.296]And the compliments were free [01:14.58]I dreamed of something bigger [01:16.337]But it just wasn't meant to be [01:19.775]But I was happy there for a while [01:25.192]Just like a desperado out searching for a song [01:32.46]It was good while it lasted [01:35.204]But it didn't last too long [01:39.713]Nothing last forever [01:42.295]Time knows that it's true [01:45.258]Sometimes a little while's the best that we can do [01:54.893]You ended up beside me [01:57.787]Like some long forgotten dream [02:01.16]You took my hand and showed me colors [02:03.937]I had never seen [02:06.930]We both said forever forever till the end [02:12.257]But forever's something different [02:14.440]To a lover than a friend [02:18.15]We thought we had it all there for a while [02:23.666]Just like that perfect moment 'fore the darkness turned to dawn [02:30.699]It was good while it lasted [02:33.970]But it didn't last too long [02:38.529]The one thing I can tell from all this life that's come undone [02:45.14]It was good while it lasted [02:48.257]But it didn't last too long [02:50.858]It was good while it lasted [02:53.882]But it didn't last too long