Arranged By: Don Costa
From the Album: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings
From the Show: Merrily We Roll Along (1981)
Label: Reprise Records
Recorded: August 19, 1981
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It started out like a song, we
started quiet and slow with no surprise,
Then one morning I woke to
realize we have a good thing going.
It's not that nothing went
wrong, some angry moment of course, but just a few,
And only moments no more because
we knew we had a good thing going.
And if I wanted too much, was
that such a mistake?
Half the time you never wanted
enough, oh wake up, I don't make that a crime,
And while it's going along, you
take for granted some love will wear away,
We took for granted a lot, and
still I say, it could have kept on growing,
Instead of just kept on, we had
a good thing going, going, gone.
(musical interlude)
And if I wanted too much, was
that such a mistake?
Half the time you never wanted
enough, oh wake up, I don't make that a crime,
And while it's going along, you
take for granted some love will wear away,
We took for granted a lot, and
still I say, it could have kept on going,
Instead of just kept on, we had a good thing going, going, gone.