One Thousand Promises Later

from True Lovers of Adventure by Mary Lee Kortes

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Co-written with Stephen Butler.

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ONE THOUSAND PROMISES LATER (M. Kortes/S. Butler) MCA Music (ASCAP)/ Clementunes (ASCAP)


I’m not much at love
But I would be a perfect leader
With no golden touch still I promise too much
And somehow you believed in me
Everybody says I’m rough around the edges
But I cut through
I lost my list of pledges
And all I meant to do for you

CHO: Here I stand holding nobody’s hand
One thousand promises later
In command of a ship on dry land
One thousand promises gone

Sorry is just a little word
With a lot of little meanings
Forgive and forget I won’t do that again
And you took me literally
Everybody says that time will heal the wounded
But time will tell
And when this day’s concluded
I’ll build a better wishing well

CHO: Here I stand holding nobody’s hand
One thousand promises later
In command of a ship on dry land
One thousand promises gone
On my honor
I swore that they could end the world
Only you could hurt me
Like I never knew
That promise came true

Everybody says that time will heal the wounded
But time cuts too
And when this day’s concluded
I promise I’ll still ache for you




CHO: Here I stand holding nobody’s hand
One thousand promises later
In command of a ship on dry land
One thousand promises gone
On my honor
I swore that they could end the world
Only you could hurt me
Like I never knew
That promises came true

Here I stand holding nobody’s hand
One thousand promises later....

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from True Lovers of Adventure, released April 23, 1999
Produced by Eric "Roscoe" Ambel

Mary Lee Kortes: lead vocals
Stephen Butler: electric guitar,
Andy York: acoustic guitars
Jon Graboff: electric guitar
Eric Ambel: solo guitar
Joe Chiofalo: accordion
Brad Albetta: bass
Graham Hawthorne: drums & percussion
Freedy Johnston: harmony vocal

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"Songs so meticulously crafted they sound completely natural". Jon Pareles, The New York Times
“Mary Lee Kortes's voice—the high mountain sunshine of Dolly Parton with a sweet-iron undercoat of Chrissie Hynde." David Fricke, Rolling Stone
"Mary Lee in concert... a feast for lovers of great songwriting that thrives in live performance for its wit, insight and glowing humanity." Billboard
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