It Was Good

I let you down so many times it
bothers me
Why you ever chose to have me in
your life
Like an awkward itch that doesn’t
leave and irritates
Instead of comfort all I gave you
was some strife
And if I had to do it a thousand
times again
I would do the very best for you I
could
For those who ask how it is
between us both
I would say It Was Good
It Was Good
My passion spent, my patience lost
– no tolerance
How it is you ever stand me I
don’t know
Like a hurricane that in its path
takes everything
All that power, all that bluster, but
no show
If you had to tell me you couldn’t
smile again
I’d shake my head and say
I understood
But adding up the total sum of
incidents
I could say It Was Good
It Was Good
Liberate each passing hate
Convince us we’re able
Instigate then celebrate
Each feast at the table
Invigorate each cheating fate
And help us to need
To succeed
Then come a time when distance
confi rms everything
This might be the very best that
we can be
And if it is it wouldn’t be
unfortunate
I can think of no more pleasant
memory
And if I seem repeating the
essence of my mood
Opportunity again to knock on
wood
I’ll say it once, I’ll say it twice and
end it then
It Was Good, It Was Good, It Was
Good
It Was Good, It Was Good, It Was
Good