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Old September 24, 2009, 05:44 PM
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When sb keeps promising sth to you, but nothig ever comes.
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He's all words (an no action).
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When sb keeps promising sth to you, but nothig ever comes.
He promised me the Earth
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He promised me the moon.
He promised me the stars.
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