Luyện nghe bài hát She Made Herself A Promise

Jerry Jeff

As a teenage girl in Texas, raised on dust and and cactus
She first saw pictures of the river
From her late 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 taxi late at
Seems like a leap of faith to from this old farm
But she herself a promise that someday she'd celebrate
Her in the St. Germain des Pres

After college she got married, she worked in and had some babies
Her took on directions of its own
She became a mother, she lived her life 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 thought it Mom?
She of course I used to honey, a lot when I was your age
But I hadn't thought about it much right now
She remembered the promise, that she's celebrate
Her in the St. Germain des Pres

She sees how quickly can pass by, how easily a dream dies
You just live your life for someone else
So she the plane for Paris, she thinks she'll need a new dress
As she keeps that birthday promise to

Oh she thought she'd do it sooner, seems so to her
But life moves on when you're off making
But every now and then it happens, a chance for you to grab it
That's why this time she just let it pass
Cause she made herself a promise that someday celebrate
Her in the St. Germain des Pres

And later take a walk beside the