Luyện nghe bài hát She Made Herself A Promise

Jerry Walker

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

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

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

Then one day her grown daughter said, she was off to and
you ever thought about it Mom?
She said of course I to honey, a lot when I was your age
But I thought about it much until right now
She remembered the promise, that someday celebrate
Her birthday in the St. des Pres

She sees how quickly life can pass by, how a dream dies
You can't just live 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 moves on when you're off making plans
But every now and it happens, a chance appears for you to grab it
why this time she just couldn't let it pass
Cause she made a promise that someday she'd celebrate
Her in the St. Germain des Pres

And later take a walk beside the