Lyrics

He Made A Promise To A Dead Man
© Stanley Bellgard, Felicito Guerrero 2024

Oh, he made a promise to a dead man.
A promise to a ghost.
He made a promise to a dead man.
Now the demons have awoke.
Promise made, promise saved, promise spoken.
Promise made, promise saved can be broken.

He unwrapped her Christmas Eve, they didn't sleep a wink
In bed with someone else's wife, he got caught like a cheat
And he fell down on his knees
Solemn promise that he made, probably saved his life
Swore he'd leave that city, never speak again to his wife.
He made a promise to a dead man.
A promise to a ghost.
He made a promise to a dead man.
Now the demons have awoke.
Promise made, promise saved, promise spoken.
Promise made, promise saved can be broken.

Every Christmas that would pass, not a word to be said
Then one 5th of January, she called to say he was dead
And that was all she said
The vow he took was binding him in life and death
But the night they had together was a night he never ever could forget.

He made a promise to a dead man.
A promise to a ghost.
He made a promise to a dead man.
Now the demons have awoke.
Promise made, promise saved, promise spoken.
Promise made, promise saved can be broken.

At the cemetery, frantic digging in the rain
That promise to a dead man is driving him insane,
Drilling holes in his brain.
He's screaming to the corpse, "Why am I deprived.
Take this sin from my conscience, I feel like I'm being buried alive."

He made a promise to a dead man.
A promise to a ghost.
He made a promise to a dead man.
Now the demons have awoke.
Promise made, promise saved, promise spoken.
Promise made, promise saved can be broken.

Laughing in her penthouse, her phone rings and rings
She knew that foolish man would do her anything,
And the phone just rings and rings.
Pull the trigger, pull the trigger and they'll both be in the dirt.
Black widow, jilted lover, and it didn't even hurt.

Promise made, promise saved, promise spoken.
Promise made, promise saved can be broken.
He made a promise to a dead man.