Luyện nghe bài hát She Made Herself A Promise

Jerry Jeff

As a teenage girl in Texas, on dust and weeds and cactus
She saw pictures of the river Seine
From her window at night, she'd pretend the stars were lights
Of the cafes in the St. des Pres

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And she to see the world, and converse with other girls
As they laughed and talked and along the boulevard
To float to Paris and the lights in a late at night
like a leap of faith to make from this old farm
But she made herself a promise that she'd celebrate
Her in the St. Germain des Pres

After college she got married, she in theatre and had some babies
Her took on directions of its own
She became a working mother, she lived her for others
For her husband, for the and her home

Then one day her grown daughter said, she was off to and
Have you ever about it Mom?
She said of course I used to honey, a lot when I was age
But I hadn't thought it much until right now
She remembered the promise, that someday she's
Her birthday in the St. des Pres

She sees how quickly life can pass by, how a dream dies
You can't live your life for someone else
So she boards the plane for Paris, she thinks she'll need a new
As she keeps birthday promise to herself

Oh she she'd do it sooner, seems so important to her
But life moves on when you're off making
But every now and then it happens, a appears for you to grab it
That's why this time she couldn't let it pass
Cause she made herself a promise that someday celebrate
Her birthday in the St. des Pres

And later take a walk beside the