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Good While It Lasted

from Foxes in the Snow by Jason Isbell

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You’re like sleep
Take what I can get
But I’ve got to make some sense of this
so here the fuck I sit
At 3 AM
Trying way too hard
to find the words to slow my sweet addicted heart

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 17

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
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 I almost didn’t think of you
and it was good while it lasted

It’s more than real
A plastic universe
and I want to 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

All that I had was all that I needed
and It was good while it lasted
With your head on my shoulder my soldiers retreated
it was good while it lasted
A mattress on the palace floor and a light I’d never seen before
and I couldn’t get past it
For a little while this afternoon I dreamed that I was in your room
and it was good while it lasted

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

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

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
and it was good while it lasted

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from Foxes in the Snow, released March 7, 2025

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