The Promised Land

<br>Left my home in norfolk, virginia<br><br>California on my mind<br><br>Straddled that greyhound<br><br>And rode it into raleigh<br><br>And on across caroline<br><br>We stopped in charlotte<br><br>But we bypassed rockhill<br><br>We never was a minute late<br><br>We were ninety miles out of atlanta by sundown<br><br>Rolling out of georgia state<br><br><br><br>Had some motor trouble<br><br>That turned into a struggle<br><br>Half way cross alabam<br><br>That hound broke and left us<br><br>All stranded in downtown birmingham<br><br><br><br>So right away I bought me a through train ticket<br><br>Right across mississippi clean<br><br>And I was on that special flyer<br><br>Out of birmingham<br><br>Smoking into new orleans<br><br><br><br>Someones got to help me get out of louisiana<br><br>Just to help me get to houston town<br><br>Theres an uncle there who cares a little about me<br><br>And he wont let the poor boy down<br><br><br><br>Sure as youre born<br><br>He bought me a silk suit<br><br>Put some luggage in my hand<br><br>And I woke up high over albuquerque<br><br>On a jet to the promised land<br><br><br><br>Working on a t-bone steak<br><br>A la carte<br><br>Flying over to the golden state<br><br>When the pilot told us that in thirteen minutes<br><br>He would have us at the terminal gate<br><br><br><br>Swing down chariot<br><br>Come down easy<br><br>Taxi to the terminal dome<br><br>Cut your engines<br><br>And cool your wings<br><br>And let me make it to the telephone<br><br><br><br>Los angeles give me norfolk, virginia<br><br>Tidewater four-ten-o-nine<br><br>Tell the folks back home<br><br>This is the promised land calling<br><br>And the poor boy is on the line