It Don't Mean Nothing (If It Don't Last)

Johnny's got a really nice car He doesn't really care if his friends can't afford the ride He's that kind of guy He's not good looking; he's hot The girls don't really mind his face when he got that bod And it's alright Johnny's got a really nice gal She says "Johnny boy, I want to be the center of your world" Now that would be swell He's always got her on his arm But when she's not around he's feeling up the other girls Oh could it get worse? Everybody thought he had the life On the happy side of the paradigm But one day the fates didn't all align 'Cause Johnny was a very bad boy When they found out, all his women left And when he reached out but he couldn't find a friend And Johnny boy still couldn't understand That it don't mean nothin' if it don't last Johnny ran away to Prague If he's taking second chances, he's gonna take them far away A sacrifice play He's popping pills and singing his songs The TV in the bar watches him waste away Waste away A lady sees him sitting alone She walks up and says hey boy I wanna play along What could go wrong? She takes him back to her room She wants to take it off and maybe even get it on But Johnny feels wrong He wakes in the morning feeling like a mess The lady's gone but he's got emptiness Then the thought passes through this head It don't mean nothin' if it don't last Nothing, nothing Nothing, nothing Now an old man he waters his plants One of these days he'll breathe his last He smiles anyway and he thanks his past 'Cause it might have meant something, though it didn't last His neighbour cheats on her man, a test That haunted Johnny boy, never let him rest When they're done and she's on his bed she says It don't mean nothin' 'cause it won't last