Changed my name to "Promise-You", yeah Dying inside 'cause I want to, yeah Didn't I say I wanted to, yeah? Honey, I'd changed before you, yeah 28 years are coming to end The rain chased me down the gully again Now I'm higher than anyone here And dirt ain't nothing on me, yeah But she's gone But she's gone But she's gone But she's gone But-but-but, baby I swear it, I wanted to call But on my way 'round I happened to fall She's a MUA at Carnegie Hall In her vanity mirror, we're losing it all Well, we shacked up swift abandonment way Catch sweet rain inside a beret In it, I'm reflecting all of the day And I will fade in the night, yeah Will you apologize for the remainder of your life? Do you accept the charges? I promise you, I'll promise to, yeah Well, now she curls up with his favorite son He's the ugliest man in heaven for one As long as there's nobody fooling me there Then dirt ain't nothing on me, yeah, yeah Yeah, they threw me out like I was a wedding bouquet Now I can't quite remember what I had to say 'Til I get higher than anyone here And I will fade in the night, yeah In the charmless morning I promise to be gone I almost felt the feeling That I wanted to, I wanted to, yeah Ah, ah You thought I was here But I'm further than the sun, sun Ah Silent as the feeling That I've promised you, I promise you, yeah Well, I changed my name to "Promise-You", yeah (but she's gone) It's easier than making apologies, yeah (but she's gone) Now I'm higher than anyone here (but she's gone) And dirt ain't nothing on me, yeah