The Promised Land
 作词 : Berry

I left my home in Norfolk Virginia
California on my mind

I straddled that greyhound and rode him into Raleigh
And on across Caroline

We stopped in Charlotte we bypassed rock hill
We never was a minute late

We was 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rolling out of Georgia state

We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabama

And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham

Right away I bought me a through train ticket
Crisscross Mississippi clean

And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham
Smoking 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 about me
And they won't let the poor boy down

Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit
And put luggage in my hands

And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land

Working on a t bone steak a la cart
Flying over to the golden state

When the pilot told us in 13 minutes
He would set us at 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 angels give me Norfolk Virginia
Tidewater 41009

Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boy's on the line