Promised Land

Well left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that greyhound
And rode them into Ralley
On across Caroline
Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed
Rockhill I never was a minute late
We were 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown rolling out of Georgia state
We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle halfway across Alabam'
That hound broke down and left us
All stranded in downtown Birmingham
Straight off I bought me a through train ticket right across Mississippi clean
I was on that midnight flier out of
Birmingham smoking into new Orleans.
Somebody help me get out of louisiana
Help me get to Houston town
There are people there who care a little
About me and they won't let the poor boy down

Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hand I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the promised land
Working on a T-Bone steak a la carte flying over to the golden state
The pilot told me in 13 minutes
He would head us for the terminal gate
Swing low charriot come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone.
Los Angeles give me Norfork Virginia
Tidewater 4 10 0 9 tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling and the poor boy is on the line