Promises – Hadestown Cast (from “Hadestown: The Myth. The Musical. (Original Cast Recording)” soundtrack)
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[Eurydice:] Promises you made to me You said the rivers and the trees Would fill our pockets and our plates Promises you made You said the birds would blanket us You said the world was generous And wouldn’t turn its back on us
The river froze, the trees were bare And all the birds, they disappeared So me too, I flew away From promises you made
[Orpheus:] Promises you made to me You said that you would stay with me Whatever weather came our way Promises you made That we would walk, side by side Through all the seasons of our lives ‘Neath any sky, down any road Any way the wind blows
I have no ring for your finger I have no banquet table laid I have no bed of feathers Whatever promises I’ve made Can’t promise you fair sky above Can’t promise you kind road below But I’ll walk with you, my love Any way the wind blows
[Eurydice:] I don’t need gold, don’t need silver Just bread when I’m hungry, fire when I’m cold Don’t need a ring for my finger Just need a steady hand to hold Don’t promise me fair sky above Don’t promise me kind road below Just walk with me, my love Any way the wind blows
[Orpheus:] I don’t know where this road will end But I’ll walk with you into the wind
[Both:] I can’t promise you fair sky above Can’t promise you kind road below But I’ll walk with you, my love Any way the wind blows