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Empty Promises

from Live and Kicking by Musical Juice

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Recorded in May 1971 at the Newcastle Mayfair Ballroom with Rod Stewart and the Faces. What a night! Rod Stewart was just really starting to take off now as a solo performer and in fact they were still being billed as the Faces (formerly the Small Faces). We've worked with some amazing people over the years and we were there at the beginning of their careers. Not even they could have imagined that they would achieve such superstar status and still be as popular after all this time.

This song was written as a sort of protest song against greed and corruption in the world. Although it's over forty years old, it still has relevance today. Seems like nothing changes,

lyrics

There's trouble in Boomtown
Things are not going well
There's a stranger in Paradise
And he's making it Hell
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
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 Live and Kicking, released May 12, 2014

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Musical Juice England, UK

We are an indie rock band who compose original songs that have a story to tell. Our music is heavy with strong melody lines and close vocal harmonies. Stories of circumstances and events that may have also touched your life and we hope will have a special meaning for you. ... more

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