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Empty Promises

from Once In A Blue Moon by Arlenderre

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It's disconcerting when a stranger like you comes along and doesn't conform, but wants to be different. This is how things are done around here, so why can't you be like everyone else? Your way goes against the grain. It's all wrong. We were getting on fine until you arrived. Now you're putting doubt in our minds. Making us think. What are we? What were we? What will we be? You're blackening the sky. Bad things happen to good people. Good things happen to bad people. It's absurd. Life had meaning and relevance before, but now we're so confused. We're going to have to change. No more pretence and make believe. No more empty promises.

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There's trouble in Boomtown
Things are not going well
There's a stranger in Paradise
And he's making it Hell

He doesn't dance to the music
Doesn't join in the sin
He just waits outside the city gates
But he never comes in

We don't know where he comes from
We don't know who he is
But he laughs at the people
Their red blood
Their blue eyes
Their black hearts
And their empty promises

There's a rumour in Boomtown
Yes, I've heard people talk
They say there's gonna be an eclipse of the sun
Yes it's gonna get dark

And then there's the stranger
That we don't understand
He goes down to the riverside
And he washes his hands

We don't know where he comes from
We don't know who he is
But he laughs at the people
Their red blood
Their blue eyes
Their black hearts
And their empty promises

Things are different in Boomtown
Seemed to change overnight
It seems as soon as the city grew dark
Everyone saw the light

There's no sign of the stranger
It's like he didn't exist
And though he'll not be forgotten
I know he'll never be missed

We don't know where he comes from
We don't know who he is
But he laughs at the people
Their red blood
Their blue eyes
Their black hearts
And their empty promises

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from Once In A Blue Moon, released June 22, 2014

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Arlenderre England, UK

Arlenderre is something of an enigma. A completely independent singer/songwriter with no intentions of becoming part of the music industry circus. He prefers the artistic freedom of the underground movement where he has built up a huge following of dedicated fans. He tours extensively and has a great rapport and respect for his audience. These tracks were all recorded at his live performances. ... more

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