Nothing is so good it lasts eternally, 
Perfect situations must go wrong, 
But this has never yet prevented me, 
Wanting far too much, 
For far too long, 

Looking back, 
I could have played it differently, 
Won a few more moments, 
Who can tell, 
But it took time to understand the man, 
Now at least I know 
I know him well 

Wasn’t it good? 
(Oh so good) 
Wasn’t he fine? 
(Oh so fine) 
Isn’t it madness, 
He can’t be mine? 
But in the end 
He needs a little bit 
More than me, 
More security, 
He needs his fantasy and freedom, 
I know him so well 

No-one in your life is with you constantly, 
No-one [bad word] on your side, 
And though I’d move my world to be with him, 
Still the gap between us is too wide, 

Looking back, 
(Looking back) 
I could have played it differently, 
(I could have played it some other way), 
Learned about the man, 
Before I fell 
(I was just a little careless) 
But I was ever so much younger then, 
(Maybe, now at least I know him well) 
Now at least I know 
I know him well 

Wasn’t it good? 
(Oh so good) 
Wasn’t he fine? 
(Oh so fine) 
Isn’t it madness, 
He won’t be mine? 

Didn’t I know? 
How it would go, 
If I knew from the start, 
Why am I falling apart? 

Wasn’t it good 
Wasn’t he fine? 
Isn’t it madness, 
He won’t be mine? 

But in the end, 
He needs a little bit 
More than me, 
More security, 
He needs his fantasy and freedom, 
I know him so well, 
It took time to understand him, 

I know him so well.