About The Song
“Promises” is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Randy Travis. It was originally released in March 1987 as the B-side of “Forever and Ever, Amen.” It was released as the A-side in May 1989 as the fourth and final single from his album, Old 8×10, peaking at number 17 in the United States and number 12 in Canada. The song was written by Travis and John Lindley.
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Lyrics
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
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
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
Once again, she’ll reassure me
And I believe her love will cure me
And I’ll fall asleep with tears on my face
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