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Promise Road

(Kevin Gordon/Colin Linden)

He tamped those ties for the boss man’s train

Thirty years on the line, he got a watch and chain
He’s smiling in the picture, but you can bet he knows
The bad end of the bargain out on the promise road

Every blushing bride walking down the aisle
Thinks she knows the guy hiding behind the smile
You can raise a glass, you can ring those bells
Out on the promise road, only time will tell

On the promise road, you can’t read the signs
There’s no destinations, no arrival times

You can do what you want

You can do like you’re told
But you keep on walking up the promise road

There’s a drifter scuffling into your town

Needs a hand of kindness when the sun goes down

But the police bust him on some civil code

They leave him tired and hungry back out on the promise road

(chorus)

They strung up a good man out on Calvary’s hill

With their nails and brambles they thought they had him killed
Three days gone, the stone was rolled away

Out on the promise road, you know he made his getaway

(chorus)

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from Down to the Well: Solo Demos Unearthed, released August 6, 2020

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Kevin Gordon Nashville, Tennessee

Kevin Gordon is a Louisiana native whose latest releases, Tilt & Shine, Long Gone Time, & 2012's Gloryland, earned raves from the NY Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and others. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Irma Thomas, & others. "Down to the Well", a duet w/Lucinda Williams, was featured on the Oxford American Southern Music Sampler. ... more

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