Dean Strickland - The Commitment lyrics

Sad former brother-in-law

It's such a shame

How common place

Single parenting is these days

Your first mistake

Was letting work get in the way

The long hours you kept

Gave her time to stray

Imagine what could've been

Had you been with her to say

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I’ve made all these commitments

To running this old business

That you probably think I’ve forgotten

What’s most important in my life

The commitment I made

To spend it with you my wife

There’s an old similar story

I probably should’ve told you before

You see, my father was a real hard worker

He spent his days and nights doing chores

But wiser than the new generation

He knew when enough was enough

And he never forgot or left lonesome

The only woman he ever loved

He'd say to her

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Now, the long nights I spend

In the honky tonks and clubs

Doesn’t give me much time for nothin’

Except singin’ ‘bout love, and lost love

But I’ve made myself a promise

When I find that one special girl

I’ll find time to be there for her

So we can share our worlds

I won’t forget to say

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