A Man Of Great Promise
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โฑ๏ธ 2:33 duration
๐ ID: 16031503
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
[00:13.90] I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary
[00:21.43] And I read of how you died in pain -
[00:24.94] Well I just couldn't understand it
[00:28.76] If I could of changed that, then lord knows I'd do it now
[00:35.79] But there is no going back -
[00:39.28] And what's done is done forever
[00:43.10] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[00:51.79] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[00:59.88]
[01:05.66] And I think of what you might have been,
[01:09.72]
[01:15.35] A man of such great promise
[01:19.29] Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
[01:22.89] And the more you saw you hated
[01:26.33] But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
[01:33.00] Like a moth going to a flame -
[01:36.96] You had a dangerous passion
[01:42.49] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[01:49.67] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:57.39] All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
[02:02.74] Still I wonder -
[02:04.70] If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
[02:11.61] If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
[02:16.42]
[00:21.43] And I read of how you died in pain -
[00:24.94] Well I just couldn't understand it
[00:28.76] If I could of changed that, then lord knows I'd do it now
[00:35.79] But there is no going back -
[00:39.28] And what's done is done forever
[00:43.10] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[00:51.79] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[00:59.88]
[01:05.66] And I think of what you might have been,
[01:09.72]
[01:15.35] A man of such great promise
[01:19.29] Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
[01:22.89] And the more you saw you hated
[01:26.33] But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
[01:33.00] Like a moth going to a flame -
[01:36.96] You had a dangerous passion
[01:42.49] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[01:49.67] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:57.39] All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
[02:02.74] Still I wonder -
[02:04.70] If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
[02:11.61] If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
[02:16.42]