Lyrics

The Promise

We'd cruise around town in that big, old Plymouth
From main street down to the city limit sign
Searching for something we could never find
The girls downtown would see us there
We'd try to be so cool but they really didn't care at all
No they really didn't care at all

My buddy left town and he joined the service
I tried to find my place but I was such a nervous guy
Always looking for someplace to hide
The years disappear and your dreams get frayed
And there's so many prayers you wish you'd prayed
And then, it all comes crashing in again

So won't somebody hear my prayer tonight
I swear salvation's waiting just beyond these lights
I'm gonna drive that lonesome highway
Till this darkness turns to dawn
Come morning light I promise I'll be gone

Tonight I'm gonna drive right out of town
Ain't now city limit sign gonna slow me down, no
I just gotta let go
Cause looking back so much time has passed
Since hope was free and dreams could last, forever
I thought dreams could last forever
Then just like that old 318
Burning one last drop of gasoline, they die
Oh-oh they just up and die

So won't somebody hear my prayer tonight
I swear salvation's waiting just beyond these lights
I'm gonna drive that lonesome highway
Till this darkness turns to dawn
Come morning light I promise I'll be gone