(S.Sondheim)

[Recorded August 19, 1981, New York]



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.