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THE PROMISE 
Live 29 Sep 1976 version
[Spoken:] This is a song called uh... called "The Promise".
Johnny works in a factory, Billy works downtown
Terry works in a rock and roll band searching for that million-dollar sound
But me I don't do nothing much, I spend a lot of time alone
Some nights I go to the drive-in, some nights I don't sleep home
You see I followed that dream just like those guys did way up on the screen
??? Challenger down Route 9 through the dead ends and all the bad scenes
And when the promise was broken, I cashed in a few of my dreams
Well see I built that Challenger by myself, but I needed money and so I sold it
And I lived a secret I should've kept to myself, but I got drunk one night and I told it
All my life I fought that fight that no one man can ever win
Every day it just keeps getting harder to live the dreams I'm believing in
Thunder Road, I stay up every morning until it's light
Thunder Road, there's something dying out on the highway tonight
Well you know now I won big once and I hit the coast, oh but somehow I paid the big cost
Inside I felt like I was carrying the broken spirits of all the other ones who lost
And when the promise was broken you go on living, but man it takes something from down in your soul
Like when the truth is spoken and it don't make no difference, something in your heart grows cold
Well I followed that dream me and some guys through the dead towns and all two-bit bars
And when the promise was broken, I was drunk and far away from home sleeping with a stranger in a borrowed car
Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh, here's one for the lost lovers and all the fixed games
Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh, here's one for the tires rushing by in the rain
Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh, remember what me and Billy we'd always say
Oh-oh-oh-oh oh-oh-oh-oh, we were gonna take it all and throw it all away
Page last updated: 05 Aug 2008
Info
The above lyrics are for the live 29 Sep 1976 performance of THE PROMISE at
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, CA, during the Lawsuit Tour. This version
features newly rewritten lyrics.
Promotional poster for the 29-30 Sep 1979 shows at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
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Ticket stub for the 29 Sep 1976 show at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA
[Taken from Brucebase] |
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