PROMISES
(Barry Gibb / Robin Gibb (m & l) )

As sung by Barbra Streisand 1980 < Guilty >

Here by my side are you close enough
To take me to your paradise
Or am I going down to my loneliness
Could you be loving me more or less.

Do you know
Are you ready for the feeling
Can you learn to grow
Out in a world of tears we were hangin' on
We come together, we find the sun.

You all over me, all over
You're the light.

I am the love, don't let me die away [Die away]
I am forever, we are born to make
Promises to be there [Promises to be there]
Promises to be there.

Life where the few may not ever find a Heaven
I could be with you
Out in a world where nights, they don't ever end
We've got each other my love, my life, my friend.

You all over me, all over
You're the light.

I am the love, don't let me die away [Die away]
I am forever we are born to make
Promises to love me [Promises to love me)]
Promises to love me.

(short bridge)

Out in a world where nights, they don't ever, ever end
We've got each other my love, my life, my friend.

You all over me, all over
You're the light.

I am the love, don't let me die away [Die away]
I am forever, we are born to make
Promises to be there [Promises to be there]
Promises to be there.

(bridge)

[Die away]
I am the love, don't let me die away
I am forever, we are born to make
Promises (Promises to be there)
Promises (Promises to be there)
Promises (Promises to be there)
Promises( Promises to be there)
Promises to be there (Promises to be there)
Promises
Promises to love me (Promises to be there)
Promises (Promises to be there)
Promises
(Promises to be there)(Promises to be there)

(fade)


Notes:

The cowriters of this lyric are 2 of the 3 brother 
group known popularly as the BeeGees. Barry, Maurice 
and Robin hailed from The Isle of Man and lived in the 
British Isles until the 1950s. Only one of the original 
Bee Gees lives on today (Barry). Their astounding run of 
56 years (as of 2013) writing, producing and singing 
their own pop music creations, have resulted in sales 
of over 220 million units.

Barbra Streisand is an American singer song writer who 
also acts, produces and directs films. She has won a 
host of entertainment awards too numerous to mention.

Interestingly, it is generally held that the early 
reference to the group as the 'BGs' did not refer to 
the brothers per se but to an initial Australian promoter 
and Barry Gibb who both had the same initials. This was 
expanded later to the Bee Gees.



(Transcribed by David Story - March 2014)