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1. Nothing is so good it lasts eternally,
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    perfect situations must go wrong.
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    But this has never yet prevented me,
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    from wanting far too much, for far too long.
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2. Looking back, I could have done it differently,
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    won a few more moments, who can tell?
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    But it took time to understand the man,
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    now at least I know, I know him well.
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Wasn't it good (wasn't it good), wasn't it fine (wasn't it fine)
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isn't it madness,  he can't be mine.
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But in the end, he needs a little bit more than before,
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Security (he needs fantasy and freedom). I know him so well !
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3.                 No one in your life is with you constantly,
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    no one is completely on your side.
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    And though I move my world to be with him,
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    still the gap between us is too wide.
       G                      D                   G
4. Looking back, I could've played it differently,
      Em                            D      C
    learned about the man before I fell. 
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    But I was ever so much younger then,
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    now at least I know, I know him well.
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    Wasn't it good (oh, so good),  wasn't it fine (so fine),
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    isn't it madness, he can't be mine.
                  Em    A              Em
    Didn't I know,     how it would go, 
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    if I knew from the start, why am I falling (apart) + REFRAIN 
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    it took some time to understand him,        ooh, I know him so well.