A Man of Great Promise
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โฑ๏ธ 2:35 duration
๐ ID: 18703244
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
[00:16.39] I bought the paper yesterday and I saw the obituary
[00:22.66] And I read of how you died in pain -
[00:25.68] Well I just couldn't understand it
[00:29.47] If I could of changed that, then lord knows I'd do it now
[00:36.52] But there is no going back -
[00:39.72] And what's done is done forever
[00:43.37] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[00:52.56] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:00.65]
[01:13.44] And I think of what you might have been,
[01:16.76] A man of such great promise
[01:20.21] Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
[01:23.66] And the more you saw you hated
[01:27.18] But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
[01:34.36] Like a moth going to a flame -
[01:37.55] You had a dangerous passion
[01:41.03] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[01:49.94] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:58.30] All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
[02:03.88] Still I wonder -
[02:05.84] If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
[02:13.39] If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
[02:18.13]
[00:22.66] And I read of how you died in pain -
[00:25.68] Well I just couldn't understand it
[00:29.47] If I could of changed that, then lord knows I'd do it now
[00:36.52] But there is no going back -
[00:39.72] And what's done is done forever
[00:43.37] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[00:52.56] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:00.65]
[01:13.44] And I think of what you might have been,
[01:16.76] A man of such great promise
[01:20.21] Oh but, you seem to forget the dream -
[01:23.66] And the more you saw you hated
[01:27.18] But let's not talk of blame, for what is only natural
[01:34.36] Like a moth going to a flame -
[01:37.55] You had a dangerous passion
[01:41.03] But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt -
[01:49.94] Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
[01:58.30] All the things that you might have been - but who am I to say?
[02:03.88] Still I wonder -
[02:05.84] If it's the cold earth you prefer to lay -
[02:13.39] If it's the cold earth - you prefer to stay
[02:18.13]