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Promises
© Penelope Swales 1993

What does it say
When there’s cobwebs on my worktable?
And if I ask you for a reason, can you blame me?
Send out a lifeline, but don’t take to long

Coz while I’m hanging on, there’s still time
But I’m tired, so tired and the longer that you leave it
The weaker I get, I’m not asking for a guarantee
I just wanna know, that you’ll try to reassure me

But I’ve got to the stage
Where I don’t take too much notice what you say
And if you’re leaving, or if you wanna stay
I know you’ll get over it either way

So don’t sing me a story of your promises
Ah, promise me you’ll make me no more promises
Coz just right now, I don’t have much faith in promises
But never made, never broken

Your story always changes
But it always stays the same
And oscillation is the only certainty
Uncertainty the only rules of the game

So run me off a list of all you promises
Add just one more, that you’ll make me no more promises
Coz just right now I don’t have much faith in promises
But never made, never broken

So don’t sing me a story of your promises
I promise you, I’ll make you no more promises
But don’t worry, oh, just coz I don’t believe in promises
I might not stay, but I might not be going
Never made, never broken

Never made, never made, never made, never made
Never made, never made, never made, never made

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from Between Light and Dark, released September 11, 1993
Penelope Swales - vocals, guitar
Dale Jones - double bass
Ernie Gruner - violin
Rowan Brown - Drums

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Penelope Swales Boolarra, Australia

Penelope Swales has been articulating the human condition with passion and humour for 30+ years. She sings about politics, love, friendship, the unbreakable bond between us and dogs and the impact of the Internet on society. She won the 2019 Alistair Hulett Songs for Social Justice Award with “Cambridge Analytica”. “The Ides of March in Christchurch" was short-listed for the same award in 2020. ... more

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