"PROMISES"
Words and music by Thomas/Thomas/Daugherty/Bennett/McCormick.
©2008 Spin The Dradle Publishing, ASCAP/
Warner Chappell Songs, BMI.
-Released on the Trust Incorporated digital box set
Stoppin' On A Dime: Live & Rare 2000-2010, June 1 2010.
Click here to download.
V1.
Well, I remember sneaking in through her parents' back door
In the middle of the night, in the middle of the storm,
To tell her she was all I would ever need
And that the promises I made were the promises I'd keep.
I was shakin' like a leaf, and soakin' to the bone,
But I swore to her that night she'd never run alone.
CHORUS:
'Cause promises are all you've got to give
When you're burning with desire, but you're just a kid.
And promises are all you wanna hear,
It don't matter that they're just gonna disappear.
They might only last a night, then another one is born.
They make you feel alive, like you're worth a little more.
That's what promises are for.
V2.
She went to college and we both fell out of touch.
I got a job tending bar that didn't pay that much.
I wonder if she met a guy to love her like I did,
Or if she looked him in the eye and made a promise to him.
I could never give her up, not with out looking back.
When we gave ourselves away, I thought we made a pact.
CHORUS:
'Cause promises are all you've got to give
When you're burning with desire, but you're just a kid.
And promises are all you wanna hear,
It don't matter that they're just gonna disappear.
They might only last a night, then another one is born.
They make you feel alive, like you're worth a little more.
That's what promises are for.
BRIDGE.
I've been taking stock while the days roll on.
I think about her when the night gets calm.
So what if we were young? So what if I was wrong?
Well, I believed in her, and trusted all along.
Yeah, that's what promises are for.
