geoff61 and bill white - TIME WENT BY (A BROKEN PROMISE)

from Slats in the Bed by Bill White

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When we were young you used to say
If love turns out to be the way
I have planned it.

I’d have ribbons upon every tree
The world would be just you and me
And that’s for sure

But time went by.
And you were gone
A broken promise
All along
I thought that we
Would have it all
Now I recall
That broken promise

I heard your name on someone’s lips
I turned around to see if ships
Pass in the night

But my mind was playing tricks on me
Illusions lead to fantasies
And that’s for sure

Cos time went by.
And you were gone
A broken promise
All along
I thought that we
Would have it all
Now I recall
That broken promise

You moved back East with Daddy’s job
You said you’d write all in a sob
I thought you would

No I never read a single line
Though in the fullness of passing time
I still felt that way

A neighbour said the other day
Your Mum and Dad had passed away
And I thought of you

I travelled East to see if I
Could somehow fix a lullaby
That was broken

Yes time went by.
And you were gone
A broken promise
All along
I thought that we
Would have it all
Now I recall
That broken promise

I found the church upon a hill
In a cemetery of daffodils
Where people stood

I saw the stone in memory
Of you who’d died in 93
And now it’s them

And now it’s them

Is it OK to miss you.
That is what I say
In secret moments
Throughout my day
The wound is old
And scars won’t heal
But I can reveal
How much I love you
The wound is old
And scars won’t heal
But I can reveal
How much I love you

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from Slats in the Bed, released October 5, 2022
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