Well, I remember sneaking in through her parent’s back door   In the middle of the night, in the middle of the storm    To tell her she was all I would ever need    And that the promises I made were the promises I’d keep      I was shaking like a leaf and soaking to the bone    But I swore to her that night she’d never run alone      ‘Cause promises are all you’ve got to give   When you’re burning with desire but you’re just a kid    And promises are all you wanna hear    It don’t matter that they’re just gonna disappear   They might only last a night, but then another one is born   They make you feel alive, like you’re worth a little more   That’s what promises are for      She went to college and we both fell out of touch   I got a job tending bar, didn’t make that much    I wonder if she met a guy to love her like I did    Or if she looked him in the eye and made a promise like I did      I could never give her up, not without looking back    When we gave ourselves away I thought we made a pact      ‘Cause promises are all you’ve got to give    When you’re burning with desire but you’re just a kid   And promises are all you wanna hear   It don’t matter that they’re just gonna disappear   They might only last a night, but then another one is born   They make you feel alive, like you’re worth a little more   That’s what promises are for      See, I’ve been taking stock while the days roll on   I think about her when the night gets calm   So what if we were young, so what if I was wrong   Well, I believed in her and trusted all along      ‘Cause promises are all you’ve got to give    When you’re burning with desire but you’re just a kid    And promises are all you wanna hear   It don’t matter that they’re just gonna disappear   They might only last a night, but then another one is born   They make you feel alive, like you’re worth a little more   That’s what promises are for