Promises

Joe Dassin · Home-Made Ice Cream [1979]

(Richard Feldman/Roger Linn)



I don't care if you never come home

I don't mind if you just keep on

Rolling away on a distant sea

'Cause I don't love you and you don't love me

You cause a commotion when you came to town

You give 'em a smile and they melt

And lovers and friends is all good and fine

But I don't like yours and you don't like mine

La la, la la la la la, la la, la la la la la

I don't care what you do at night

Oh, and I don't care how you get your delights

I'm gonna leave you alone, I'll just let it be

Cause I don't love you and you don't love me



I've got a problem, can you relate ?

I've got a woman calling love hate

We made a vow said we'd always be friends

How could we know that promises end ?

La la, la la la la la, la la, la la la la la



I tried to love you for years upon years

You just wouldn't take me for real

But it's time that you saw what I want you to see

And I still love you, if you just love me



I've got a problem, can you relate ?

I've got a woman calling love hate

We made a vow said we'd always be friends

How could we know that promises end ?

La la, la la la la la, la la, la la la la la.