Scotty Houston - Promise of Brevity Lyrics

Cards on the table in the Monday morning light
A game left unfinished from the previous night

I never meant to hurt you but I took some delight
That's the very worst part of a very good fight

I'm not going to tell you
That I did everything right ('cause I haven't got the right)
All I've got to levy is a promise of brevity

All my bones are aching, my heart is dusty-dry
We'll count the same stars til the day that we die

If a cockroach can survive a nuclear war
Then you can hang on just one year more

I'm not going to tell you
Because I haven't got the right
All I've got to levy is a promise of brevity

What's it going to be
All the billions in the se?
This is it. If you choose, could be sorrow for days, sorrow for days

You can be so free and name all the birds in every tree
That's a promise baby
That's the promise of brevity