Come Back Down [For My Sister]

She knows what I've become
And she sees right through me
And she's saw the smoking gun
Now we're hanging
She told me chase my dreams
She'll be waiting for me
And now I'm stuck between
Excuses that I'm making

"Hold your head up high and please the crowd
But come back down to see me
Promise when you're forced to go away
That you'll still believe in me"
After all is done and I'm back home
Where I know that I belong
We can laugh and reminisce
The promises that were made in this song

And she cries gently on my sleeve as
I explain I leave next week
She swears she's happy, but she's sad
And she predicted just this scene
And she said, "The day would come when
Music takes you away"
And, oh, she said, she said
"Go change the world but first, I must say"

"Hold your head up high and please the crowd
But come back down to see me
Promise when you're forced to go away
That you'll still believe in me"
After all is done and I'm back home
Where I know that I belong
We can laugh and reminisce
The promises that were made in this song

All the promises, promises (Promises)
All the promises (Promises)
All the promises, promises
All the promises (Promises)
All the promises, all the promises (Promises)
La da da da da da (Promises)
All the promises, promises (Promises)
And then she turned to me and said

"Hold your head up high and please the crowd
But come back down to see me
Promise when you're forced to go away
That you'll still believe in me"
After all is done and I'm back home
Where I know that I belong
We can laugh and reminisce
The promises that were made in this song

I hear the motor of the car running
Waiting for me in the driveway
My future's coming
The teardrops sipping down her cheek
Stunning crying, laughing, hearts rushing
This bittersweet moment, hideous beauty
Her look, her stare, they pierce through me
The driver, impatient, his horn is blaring
My future await's, my past just staring

Promises, promises promises, promises

"Hold your head up high and please the crowd
But come back down to see me
Promise when you're forced to go away
That you'll still believe in me"
After all is done and I'm back home
Where I know that I belong
We can laugh and reminisce
The promises that were made in this song

Promises, promises promises, promises
Promises, promises promises, promises