"Don't Make Me Promises"

Don’t give me pipe dreams to hold onto

If they’re not going to stay

Bright magical colorful bubbles

That last til they float away

Don’t show me a transparent rainbow

Illusions will hang in my mind

Don’t tell me about a pot of gold

That you know I’ll never find

Chorus:

Don’t make me promises

That you know you cannot keep

Don’t feed me hope that is going to die

Don’t make me promises

That you know you cannot keep

Don’t be swayed by the passion in my eyes

Don’t paint me a beautiful picture

If the image is going to fade

Don’t teach me the rules of your game

If it can never be played

I’m not a sleeping beauty

You’re not a handsome prince

This isn’t a fairy tale wonderland

Pretending just doesn’t make sense

(chorus)

©️Juliet L. Easton

Spring 1984