Promise of the West Songtext
von The Jealous Sound

It′s the first one on the right
It looks different now than it does at night
Palms to glass and I could tell
In the taxi cab back to your hotel
And it was more than every now and then
Like some endless love affair
But you just wanted it again, oh
I left you there so I'll spare the social grace
I wasn′t strong enough for both of us
In this god forsaken place
This god forsaken place
But I wish you well

And you'd better hold on
Couldn't break the gaze of wild eyes
You got it all wrong
I couldn′t force my will or make you try
And I could feel your racing chest
Chest pressing down on mine


You couldn′t feel what I felt
A moment's rest, a rope to wrap around
You couldn′t be the one
You couldn't be the one
You couldn′t come and comfort me
I sang it out, you sang it back to me
You sang it back to me, oh
You sang it back to me
You sang it back to me

Cicadas' song wasn′t really a song at all
Just vibrations of its loneliness
Like some desperation call
So leave me here like some unwelcome guest
But you abandoned both of us
In this promise of the west
You promised me your best
But I wish you well

And you'd better hold on
Couldn't break the gaze of wild eyes
You got it all wrong
I couldn′t force my will or make you try
And I could feel your racing chest
Chest beating out of time


You couldn′t feel what I felt
A moment's rest, a rope to wrap around
You couldn′t be the one
You couldn't be the one
You couldn′t come and comfort me
I sang it out, you sang it back to me
You sang it back to me, oh
You sang it back to me
You sang it back to me

And I guess we both survived
With some demons you can't exorcise
I wrote it down to wish you well
In the taxi cab back to your hotel