Hearts & Promises (Radio Edit)

The lines on her face look weary from too many late nights and booze
She was born with money and beauty and a heart that was too good to lose
The wrecking ball came with no mercy she discovered far too late what was wrong
With the handsome cowboy she'd married so she took to the bars with a song
I will drink til I've drunk myself sober I will fall down and get up again
For tonight this old Jack is my lover my confidante and my friend
She had a voice like an angel a gift that few others attain
The cowboy swallowed her dreams and spat them out with a careless refrain

Hearts and promises once sacred were made
Now he's taken up with rough lookin' trade
She once span cartwheels across their front lawn
Now their house is no longer a home

They tried every which way for children some say that the timing was wrong,
Gone was the fine art of loving he lost the need to belong
Silences grew ever longer and listening became a lost art
And bitterness soaked through the fabric and everything got torn apart

Hearts and promises once sacred were made
Now he's taken up with rough lookin' trade
She once span cartwheels across their front lawn
Now their house is no longer a home

I swear I heard the voice of an angel cryin' as she fell down the stairs
Promising peace ever after whisperin' please save a prayer
She lay their quiet and listless while he lay in a motel alone
They buried her out on the mountain he never bothered to phone

Hearts and promises once sacred were made
Now he's taken up with rough lookin' trade
She once span cartwheels across their front lawn
Now their house is no longer a home

Hearts and promises once sacred were made
Somehow his conscience got mislaid
He paid no interest on the loan
Now she's never gonna come home

What happened to Sweet Alabama the nights of satin and stars
You play like an old rusty banjo and drive like an old rental car