A Man Of Great Promise

Intro: verse 1 : I bought the paper yesterday And I saw the obituary And I read of how you died in pain Well I just couldn't understand it If I could of changed that Then Lord knows I'd do it now But there is no going back And what's done is done forever But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt Of every small town institution and every big town flirt Solo: x2 verse 2 And I think of what you might have been A man of such great promise Oh but you seem to forget the dream And the more you saw you hated But let's not talk of the blame For what is only natural Like a moth going to a flame You had a dangerous passion But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt Of every small town institution and every big town flirt Outro: All the things that you might have been But who am I to say? Still I wonder If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay If it's in the cold earth you prefer to stay