Making Promises from Making Promises by Mark Mandeville & Raianne Richards

makin’ promises
just will over time
the decisions we make
your word against mine

makin’ promises
by a trinket we bind
a choice born to keep us in line

what are promises
to make them and why
they make liars out of those
not strong enough to find

a means to remember
a reason from the heart
a testament we finish everything we start
to see through to the end and claim no great reward
the prize is in the going never doubt whatever for

makin’ promises
takes the wisdom of age
a determination not to jump ahead the pages

makin’ promises
from a youthful desire
to hold on to the coals after a fire

makin’ promises
an order so tall
to make from a promise a gift greater than all

pickin’ up the pieces
left over from time
what of the pieces
we’re leavin’ behind
a means to remember
a reason from the heart
a testament we finish everything we start
to see through to the end and claim no great reward
the prize is in the going
never doubt whatever for

• Acoustic
• Americana
• country
• duo
• folk
• singer-songwriter
• Webster