[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