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 is completely on your side
And though I move my world to 
be with him
Still the gap between us is too wide

Looking back I could 
have played it differently
(Looking back I could have played things some 
other way)
Learned about the man before I fell
(I was just a little 
careless maybe)
But I was ever so much younger then
(Much younger 
then)
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