Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Promised Land, artist - Dave Edmunds. Date of issue: 08.05.2001
Song language: English
Promised Land |
| I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia |
| California on my mind |
| Straddled that Greyhound |
| Rode him in the Raleigh |
| And on across Caroline |
| We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle |
| Half way across Alabam' |
| And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded |
| In downtown Birmingham |
| Right away, I brought me a through train ticket |
| Ridin' cross Mississippi clean |
| I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham |
| Smokin' into New Orleans |
| Somebody help me get out of Louisiana |
| Just help me get to Houston town |
| There are people there who care a little 'bout me |
| And they won’t let the poor boy down |
| Sure as you’re born, they bought me a silk suit |
| Put a luggage in my hands |
| And I woke up high over Albuquerque |
| On a jet to the promised land |
| Workin' on a t-bone steak a la carte |
| Flyin' over to the Golden State |
| And the pilot told us in thirteen minutes |
| He would send us to the terminal gate |
| Ah, swing low, chariot, 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 Norfolk, Virginia |
| Tidewater four-ten-oh-nine |
| Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling |
| And the poor boy’s on the line |
| Workin' on a t-bone steak a la carte |
| Flyin' over to the Golden State |
| And the pilot told us in thirteen minutes |
| He would send us to the terminal gate |
| Swing low, chariot, 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 Norfolk, Virginia |
| Tidewater four-ten-oh-nine |
| Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling |
| And the poor boy’s on the line |