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