Empty Promises

EMPTY PROMISES
© Jim Molinelli

[Verse 1]
I spent two long years trying to patch up our leak
Listened to your excuses every day of the week
You kept telling me that our engine runs fine
My gauge is on empty. I'm done wasting time.

[Verse 2]
I grabbed my keys from the hook by the door,
I ain’t spinning my wheels in this fight no more.
I tossed a bag into my red Nissan Z,
And left behind all the words you said to me.

[Chorus]
I hit the highway, I cut the ties,
Far away from your shadows and lies.
You can’t drive a heart on a tank full of breath,
Or maps that shift from one truth to the next.
You filled me up and dragged me down,
... just like we were hostages
Been far too long. So now I'm gone.
I’m done living on empty promises.

[Verse 3]
Three hundred miles of the white-line hum,
Staring down asphalt till my mind went numb.
Paid cash for a room under flickering light,
At a roadside dive for the rest of the night.
Sitting on the edge of this spring-worn bed,
No pain in my heart, no noise in my head.

[Chorus]
I hit the highway, I cut the ties,
Far away from your shadows and lies.
You can’t drive a heart on a tank full of breath,
Or maps that shift from one truth to the next.
You filled me up and dragged me down,
... just like we were hostages
Been far too long. So now I'm gone.
I’m done running on empty promises.

[Verse 4]
I woke with the sun, didn't need an alarm,
Walked out in the cool, completely disarmed.
Sat down and exhaled, put the key in the Z,
Stared down a road that’s wide open and free.
It's good to be here, and be here alone,
It's a great day to go find a new home.

[Chorus]
I hit the highway, I cut the ties,
Far away from your shadows and lies.
You can’t drive a heart on a tank full of breath,
Or maps that shift from one truth to the next.
You filled me up and dragged me down,
... just like we were hostages
Been far too long. So now I'm gone.
I’m done running on empty promises.

[Reprise]
You filled me up and dragged me down,
... just like we were hostages
Been far too long. So now I'm gone.
I’m done running on empty promises…
…I’m done running on empty promises.