Remember all the nights we spent,
dreaming big and wanting more,
to break out of this little town,
spend a summer in New York,
remember all the days we dreamt,
of our house down by the shore,
picking names out for our kids,
choosing colours for the walls,
now you're gone, gone, gone,
so many nights I lost wasted on you,
so many tears I spent thinking ‘bout you,
all of the dreams we had, for the big life we planned, oh lord,
all of the years I lost just to lose you,
building me up to this perfect ruin,
all of the dreams we had, for the big life we planned, they're gone,
now you're gone, gone, gone,
now you're gone, gone, gone.
now i'm here in perfect quiet,
hold my pillow like it's you,
i've been chasing shadows,
looking for the ghost of you,
i drink to get me through the nights,
wash your body out the room,
wish that we could compromise,
why we do the things we do,
chorus
the good life, the big plans,
put my, whole life, in your hands,
the good life, the big plans, yeah
remember all the nights we spent,
dreaming big and wanting more,
to break out of this little town,
spend a summer in New York.