YEARBOOKS AND PROMISES

Bobby sat next to me in junior high
We played foolish games, watched as the older girls walked by
Bobby had dreams of playing in a band
I spent my summers surfing and chasing girls in the sand
But when that school year started bobby wasn't there
His mother ditched town over his daddy's affair 
The class was just a room, where they taught us a path to choose
To me it was just another room full of things to lose

Yearbooks and promises,to be lost and broken 
Signatures and dreams, to be forged and awoken 

Graduation day brought high hopes and dreams
we stood there believing in what we could be 
But Jenny said she didn't believe in fairy tales, just her and me
Well I never saw Jenny again
We broke our promise to always be friends
We saw it happen to our parents, but we didn't see the clues
Thinking back on that graduation day
It was just another room full of things to lose

Yearbooks and promises,to be lost and broken 
Signatures and dreams, to be forged and awoken 

Well I heard bobby took a ride one night, never came back
Must of been that promise he made, promise to ride with that pack 
Jenny took her vows back some years ago
I got a lead on night, never took that ride, guess I'll never know
Some nights I sit up questions the things I've lost
The bridges I've burned and at what cost?
Sitting in my room with my pride and the cold heart to prove
These days I can't find much peace in that dim light room
Just a shoe box full of dirty money under my bed
And the ruins of past love in my head