Songwriter: John Mellencamp
Producer: John Mellencamp Don Gehman
[Intro]
Ain't no golden gates gonna swing open
Ain't no streets paved in natural pearl
Ain't no angel with a harp comin' singin'
Leastways not that I know of in this world
[Verse 1]
In these days of uncertain futures
Who knows what the masters might do?
They got their big deals goin' on, goin' on
Got nothing to do with me and you
If I could I'd get us a big suite
Overlooking the Park
[Chorus]
Only promises I know to be true
Are the promises made from the heart
Just the promises made from the heart
[Vese 2]
I don't need to see the whole thing go down
I don't need to see another lonely man
I don't need to see a woman crying for the savior
Holding on to some moneyman's hands
Who can I call to make my reservations?
Forever thrown in the dark
[Chorus]
The only promises I know to be true
Are the promises made from the heart
Just the promises made from the heart
[Bridge]
I don't believe in the authorities
They ain't gonna take care of me and you
I don't have all the strength that I need
To live the way that I want to
[Chorus]
The only promises I know to be true
Are the promises made from the heart
Just the promises made from the heart
Ain't no golden gates gonna swing open
Ain't no streets paved in natural pearl
Ain't no angel with a harp comin' singin'
Leastways not that I know of in this world
[Verse 1]
In these days of uncertain futures
Who knows what the masters might do?
They got their big deals goin' on, goin' on
Got nothing to do with me and you
If I could I'd get us a big suite
Overlooking the Park
[Chorus]
Only promises I know to be true
Are the promises made from the heart
Just the promises made from the heart
[Vese 2]
I don't need to see the whole thing go down
I don't need to see another lonely man
I don't need to see a woman crying for the savior
Holding on to some moneyman's hands
Who can I call to make my reservations?
Forever thrown in the dark
[Chorus]
The only promises I know to be true
Are the promises made from the heart
Just the promises made from the heart
[Bridge]
I don't believe in the authorities
They ain't gonna take care of me and you
I don't have all the strength that I need
To live the way that I want to
[Chorus]
The only promises I know to be true
Are the promises made from the heart
Just the promises made from the heart
- Uh-Huh (1983)
- Jack & Diane
- Pink Houses
- Hurts So Good
- Small Town
- Check It Out
- Authority Song
- Rain on the Scarecrow
- I Need a Lover
- Cherry Bomb
- Nothing’s for Free
- Cold Sweat (Live)
- Wild Night (Acoustic version)
- Crazy Island
- The Face of the Nation
- Days of Farewell
- Get a Leg Up
- Rodeo Clown
- When Margaret Comes to Town
- I Ain’t Ever Satisfied
- Junior
- Just Like You
- Lonely Ol’ Night (live)
- Great Mid-West
- Take Home Pay