Man of Great Promise
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โฑ๏ธ 2:35 duration
๐ ID: 411953
๐ Lyrics
I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary
And I read of how you died in pain -
Well I just couldn't understand it
If I could of changed that, then Lord knows I'd do it now
But there is no going back -
And what's done is done forever
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
And I think of what you might have been,
A man of such great promise
Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
And the more you saw you hated
But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
Like a moth going to a flame -
You had a dangerous passion
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
Still I wonder -
If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
And I read of how you died in pain -
Well I just couldn't understand it
If I could of changed that, then Lord knows I'd do it now
But there is no going back -
And what's done is done forever
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
And I think of what you might have been,
A man of such great promise
Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
And the more you saw you hated
But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
Like a moth going to a flame -
You had a dangerous passion
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
Still I wonder -
If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:15.03] I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary
[00:22.24] And I read of how you died in pain -
[00:25.13] Well I just couldn't understand it
[00:28.69] If I could of changed that, then Lord knows I'd do it now
[00:35.39] But there is no going back -
[00:38.80] And what's done is done forever
[00:42.66] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[00:51.36] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:12.03] And I think of what you might have been,
[01:15.54] A man of such great promise
[01:19.34] Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
[01:22.42] And the more you saw you hated
[01:26.17] But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
[01:33.48] Like a moth going to a flame -
[01:36.70] You had a dangerous passion
[01:40.14] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[01:49.00] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:56.47] All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
[02:02.96] Still I wonder -
[02:04.77] If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
[02:11.57] If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
[02:30.63]
[00:22.24] And I read of how you died in pain -
[00:25.13] Well I just couldn't understand it
[00:28.69] If I could of changed that, then Lord knows I'd do it now
[00:35.39] But there is no going back -
[00:38.80] And what's done is done forever
[00:42.66] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[00:51.36] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:12.03] And I think of what you might have been,
[01:15.54] A man of such great promise
[01:19.34] Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
[01:22.42] And the more you saw you hated
[01:26.17] But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
[01:33.48] Like a moth going to a flame -
[01:36.70] You had a dangerous passion
[01:40.14] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[01:49.00] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:56.47] All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
[02:02.96] Still I wonder -
[02:04.77] If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
[02:11.57] If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
[02:30.63]