Promises (As The Years Go By)

Don't make any false promises

Stay awhile when I'm not alone

I forget all the anger in me

Kiss a tear when the hammer falls

They're holding me here in never-ending circles

I can still remember summer madness

I can taste the perfume on your cheek

The heat is overcome by coldness

All your consoling words are insignificant

Say you'll pray

Justify the actions

These are days of the mob rule, sharp tongue, curfew

When the mind is in solitary confinement

Makes the mood that breaks you

There's a spirit seeking liberation

Here's a fire with a hungry heart

If I listen maybe time will tell me

The reasons why we're torn apart

Ooh-ooh-ohh

As the years go by

Don't make any false promises as the years go by

Say you'll pray

Here the silence is too loud

In a steel barred jail on the other side

We invented the differences

That weaved the web with which we lied

Caught in the middle of a cold war zone

I left my lover in a far-off place

She'll kiss a tear when the hammer's falling

And wipe the darkness from my face

Ooh-ooh-ohh

As the years go by

Don't make any false promises

As the years go by

Say you'll pray

Ooh-ooh-ooh

As the years go by

Don't make any false promises

As the years go by

Say you'll pray, ohh-ohh-ohhh

Say you'll pray

Ah, just say you'll pray

Just say you'll pray