Go easy when you wake me
If you try to shake me
I think it's gonna make me
Rattle like a tambourine
Time I tried to keep
Passed by in my sleep
And I don't wanna wake up from this dream

This won't last forever
It can't go on and on
This won't last forever
You'll look for me and I'll be gone

I remember death or glory
It was mostly purgatory
And a funny story
I'm lucky that I lived to tell
I'm not gonna lie
I just wanna try
To tell the story straight and tell it well

This won't last forever
It can't go on and on
This won't last forever
You'll look for me and I'll be gone

I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
Get up, get up, get up, get up and go

While we're here pretending
There's a happy ending
Thank you for lending
A sympathetic ear to me
And I do believe
You don't have to grieve
But if you do then save a tear for me

This won't last forever
It can't go on and on
This won't last forever
You'll look for me, you'll look for me

This won't last forever
It can't go on and on
This won't last forever
You'll look for me and I'll be gone