Promised Land

[00:05.54] I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
[00:13.38] California on my mind
[00:16.03] Straddled that Greyhound
[00:17.62] Rode him in the Raleigh
[00:18.64] And on across Caroline
[00:20.90] We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle
[00:23.48] Half way across Alabam'
[00:25.27] And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded
[00:28.62] In downtown Birmingham
[00:31.33] Right away, I brought me a through train ticket
[00:33.82] Ridin' cross Mississippi clean
[00:35.91] I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
[00:38.79] Smokin' into New Orleans
[00:41.31] Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
[00:43.83] Just help me get to Houston town
[00:45.97] There are people there who care a little 'bout me
[00:48.65] And they won't let the poor boy down
[00:52.48]
[01:04.42] Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit
[01:07.53] Put a luggage in my hands
[01:10.08] And I woke up high over Albuquerque
[01:12.80] On a jet to the promised land
[01:15.30] Workin' on a t-bone steak a la carte
[01:17.93] Flyin' over to the Golden State
[01:20.06] And the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
[01:22.76] He would send us to the terminal gate
[01:25.39] Ah, swing low, chariot, come down easy
[01:27.92] Taxi to the terminal zone
[01:30.68] Cut your engines and cool your wings
[01:32.68] And let me make it to the telephone
[01:35.26] Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia
[01:37.83] Tidewater four-ten-oh-nine
[01:39.93] Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
[01:42.64] And the poor boy's on the line
[01:46.50]
[01:59.47] Workin' on a t-bone steak a la carte
[02:01.45] Flyin' over to the Golden State
[02:04.19] And the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
[02:06.78] He would send us to the terminal gate
[02:09.34] Swing low, chariot, come down easy
[02:11.97] Taxi to the terminal zone
[02:14.10] Cut your engines and cool your wings
[02:16.67] And let me make it to the telephone
[02:19.28] Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia
[02:21.81] Tidewater four-ten-oh-nine
[02:24.07] Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
[02:26.61] And the poor boy's on the line
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