Promises

Cheap perfume and painted faces

fallen angels fill the places

where I go when my troubles pull me down

♪

And all the lies, I know they'll tell me,

and the time that they will sell me

for a while, I'll be the biggest man in town

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Back at home in bed she's crying

For her love for me is dying

But she'll pray I make it safely through the night

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When the morning sun starts showing

to her bedside I'll be going

And she'll hold me while I face the morning light

And I'll make promises

promises to change. I'll make her promises

swear I'll rearrange and I'll start giving

All the love she needs if only she

will stay

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Once again, she'll reassure me

And I believe her love will cure me

and I'll fall asleep with tears on my face

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And I know, she's just a woman

and her love can't last forever

And someday soon,

I know she'll leave without a trace

For broken promises

Will tear her dreams apart. Just token promises

Will someday break her heart and for the last time

She'll hold me when I cry, and while I'm sleeping

She'll quietly say goodbye