Promised Land
The Lincolns
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Well, I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound road
And then a-rollin' on across Caroline
My hat and motor trouble turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabama
When the Hound broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
Right away I bought me a through train ticket
Ridin' cross Mississippi clean
And on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
A-smokin' into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Help me get to Houston town
There are people there who care a bit about me
And they won't let a poor boy down, well
Soon as you were born, they bought you a silk suit
And put luggage in your hand
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Workin' on a T-bone steak a la carte
Flyin' through the Golden State
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate
Swing low chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia
Tidewater four-ten-o-nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
And a poor boy is on the line, well
Soon as you were born, they bought me a silk suit
And put luggage in my hand
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
Workin' on a T-bone steak a la carte
Flyin' through the Golden State
When the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate
Swing low chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines, cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone
Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia
Tidewater four-ten-o-nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
And a poor boy is on the line, well