Hollow Promises is a song that I wrote out of frustration. I’m tired of politicians and government officials – from both political parties in the U.S. – simply telling the public what it wants to hear, regardless of the truth.
“Lower taxes,” “a strong economy” “more high paying jobs,” the list goes on and on. They will say whatever they think the public wants to hear.
Here’s a couple lines from the song:
“Words made for comfort, not meant to endure,
They vanished the moment we needed them sure.”
And here’s more than a dozen hollow promises from the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury: