Promises Lyrics

Promises lyrics

Cheap perfume and painted faces

Fallen angles 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



Back at home in bed she's crying

For her love for me is dying

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

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 and swear I'll rearrange

And I'll start giving all the love she needs

If only she will stay



Once again she'll reasure me 

And I believe her love will cure me

And I'll fall asleep with tears on my face

Lord, 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