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Don't Make A Promise

from Never A Moment Alone by Emily Davis

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Don't Make A Promise

Meet me at the station and we'll run away together
Make our stead in foreign lands more green
So she waited at the station 'til the sun made its retreat
Please don't make a promise that you don't intend to keep

Give me all your money and your sickness will dissolve
Cup runneth over, pockets deep
So he threw away his fortune as the tumors multiplied
A promise made was how the poor man died

Potent are the oaths we make
In a hopeful ear they sound immense
Often they are uttered
Less often sincere
No significance

What you said rings in my head
I've been losing sleep
So don't make a promise
Don't make a promise
That you don't intend
You don't intend to keep

Let me be the bastion
Where all your hopes are stored
I'll gladly fortify what you want most
But the walls were never built
Just embarrassment and guilt
At having conversations with a ghost

Potent are the oaths we make
In a hopeful ear they sound immense
Often they are uttered
Less often sincere
No significance

What you said rings in my head
I've been losing sleep
So don't make a promise
Don't make a promise
That you don't intend
You don't intend to keep

If the walls are never built
Build them yourself
If the walls are never
You gotta build them yourself

So don't make a promise
Don't make a promise

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from Never A Moment Alone, track released June 11, 2021
Produced, mixed, and mastered by Chris Common at Brainville Studios in El Paso, TX, with sound engineering provided by Ross Ingram.

www.brainvilletx.com

Lyrics written by Emily Davis
Bass performed by Jose Macias
Electric guitar performed by Jorge Torres
Drums performed by Tomas Tinajero

We'd like to personally thank Adam Bever, Alan Arrowsmith, Alexis Gentile, Bry Cundiff, Chris Hyatt, Daniel Wolpert, David Mason, Erik Hartzfeld, Jason Domanowski, Josefine Weems, Justin and Julie Packnett, Katherine DeSmit, Kevin Cantara, Kristen Nyhus, Maarten Gassmann, Mark Brown, Sundown Tavern, Tim McGowan, Tim Phelps, and Zach Godsil for making this album possible. You guys are the best!

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Emily Davis El Paso, Texas

Emily Davis has been bringing their brand of punk-flavored alternative folk to the desert southwest for over a decade. Davis’ newest offering, “Living In the Past Tense” was released June 30, 2023.

Davis’ band, Emily Davis and The Murder Police, are currently working on their third release, a continuation of the aggressive, introspective sound their following has come to appreciate. ... more

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