Kept the promise, kept the promise

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92

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A# major

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0.70

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0.90

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0.40

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4.1s

length

3:02

language

En

lyrics

At the Waffle House off Fifth

You grinned through a paper cup

Said, “If I forget this night

You’ll bring me back it up”

You wrote it on a napkin edge

With a blue Bic in your hand

I kept that folded in my wallet

Like a map no one could scan

Now the screen door sticks in rain

And your boots are by the mat

I heard your car in the gravel

And I remember that

Kept the promise, kept the promise

Kept the promise by the door

Kept the promise, kept the promise

Kept the promise one night more

You called from a gas station lot

By the Kroger on Broad and High

Said the heater blew cold air

And you could not tell me why

I drove out with a thermos

And your flannel from last fall

You laughed when you saw the notebook

Then you read your own words and stalled

You said, “I was half gone then”

With a dent in your truck frame

I held that napkin up to you

And you said my name

Kept the promise, kept the promise

Kept the promise by the door

Kept the promise, kept the promise

Kept the promise one night more

On a Thursday in November

We split fries at the counter seat

Your hand shook on the ketchup

But your eyes were clear and sweet

You said drunk words turn to dust

Most times by the morning light

But one small thing I carried home

Stayed steady every night

Kept the promise, kept the promise

Kept the promise by the door

Kept the promise, kept the promise

Kept the promise one night more