You've promised you would be true to me but we both know you could never be

You've been puttin' you on since the day we met

Promises promises that's all I ever get that's all I ever get

Then you promised me a ring a weddin' gown and all of them things

But I ain't seen no diamond yet

Promises promises that's all I ever get that's all I ever get

Promises promises that's all I get

All you gave me since the day we met you'll break my heart in two again I'll bet

Promises promises that's all I ever get that's all I ever get

[ steel ]

And now you tell me you've gone away you swear to me that this time you'll stay

But I can't believe that I'm rid of you yet

Promises promises that's all I ever get that's all I ever get

Promises promises that's all I get

All you gave me since the day we met...

All you gave me since the day we met...