[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, 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

And 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]

Well last night I didn't sleep at all, I found another empty wall

And I couldn't get past it

For a minute in the afternoon, 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?

To let me hold your steady hand

[Chorus]

And all that I wanted was all that I had

It was good while it lasted

Now I feel like a boy who got caught being bad

It was good while it lasted

[Verse 6]

And that night you came and stayed with me, painted on my memory

I'll never get past it

Well, I got to hold a piece of you in the evening on the avenue

When it was good while it lasted