Some Good Things Never Last
It's three in the morning
You're nowhere in sight
And all that i wanted was
To be with you tonight
I've watched love get closer
And then fade away
I've seen you believe in me
I've seen you trying to stay
But what good is holding on
When you know that all
You can think about is letting go
They say if you love someone
Then set them free
If they come back again
Then in the end it was meant to be
I thought we were lovers
I thought we were friends
I guess when reality steps in
The dreaming ends
We live for the future
We learn from the past
No matter how hard we try
Some good things never last
All you can think about is letting go
Be true to yourself, my love
That's all i ever wanted you to be
Just don't forget to smile
When you think of me
I' ll reach for the stars
I have got them in sight
There's someone who really needs me
Out there in the night
We'll live for the future
We'll learn from the past
No matter how hard we try
Some good things never last
Why can't they last?
-Some Good Things Never Last by Barbara Streisand
It has to be one my favorite songs. I must admit that for most of my favorite songs, the love for melody comes first before I am able to comprehend and relate to the lyrics. After all, the first time I appreciated this song was when I was still in high school. And I felt I want to sing that song too. While searching for its multiplex version (very 80's), I discovered that it wasn't lined-up as one the popular hits in her compilation like "Evergreen", "The way we were", or "All I ask of you". I wondered if was her original or just a version. So I ended up usually singing it acapella.
From then on, I continued my musicality even if singing would mean being just in the confines of my room. Most of the time, I was singing and hearing my songs only for my personal consumption ( I would record my own rendition of songs of my favorite artist usually with the aid of minus one or multiplex tapes or while playing my guitar). For a while I wasn't singing my Streisand song. Not until I luckily find it in the videoke selections of my friend Maru. On my visit to their house in Lumban, we spend the day chatting for hours, then singing videoke. Then, I found the song. I hurriedly ask Maru to play it because I'm dying to sing that song. IT turned out well, or so I thought. Also, I discovered that it's play time is longer that other songs and that it doesn't repeat any of its stanza. After some more selections, I rested for a while. Maru seemed to be searching for something on their disc player, when suddenly I heard my singing voice. IT turned out that Maru secretly recorded my rendition of the Streisand song, and I must admit, I am pleased as well (ha ha i-appreciate ba ang sarili !).
According to Maru she still keeps the record. She has played it occassionally and she tricked others into believing that it was her who's actually singing (she laughs as she tells me the story because others won't believe her unless she sings it live). Ha ha ok lang Maru na maging ghost singer ako!
BUT come to think of it, the message of the song is true "No matter how hard we try some good things never last". When reality sinks in, the dreaming ends. It keeps your feet to the ground, reminding you that for most of the things you possess, you will come to a point of losing it. Talking of good things and losing it will leave us feeling short of something or worse, empty.
So now I'm a lyrics person he he, I think so. Well not bad.
