The Promised Land

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I / left my home in / Norfolk, Virginia,
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Cali - / fornia on my / mind,
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I / straddled that Greyhound, and
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Rode him into Raleigh, and
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On across Caro - / line.

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We / stopped in Charlotte, to / by pass Brockhill,
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We / never was a minute / late,
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We was / ninety miles out of At - / lanta by sundown,
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Rollin' out of Georgia / state.

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We / had motor trouble that / turned into a struggle,
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Half - / way across Ala - / bam', and
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That / hound broke down and / left us all stranded,
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In / downtown Birming - / ham.

Break: One verse Instrumental

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Right away I bought me a / through train ticket,
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Right a - / cross Mississippi / clean,
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I was / on that midnight / flyer out of Birmingham,
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Smokin' into New Or - / leans.

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Somebody help me get / out of Louisiana,
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Help me get to Houston / town,

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There are / people there, who / care a bit about me, and
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They / won't let the po' boy / down.
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Sure as you're born they / bought me a silk suit,
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Put luggage in my / hand, and
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I / woke up high over / Alberquerque,
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On a / jet to the promised / land.

Break:

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Workin' on a T-bone / steak a la carte,
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Flyin' / over to the Golden / State,
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When the / pilot told us in / thirteen minutes,
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He would / set us at the terminal / gate.

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Swing low chariot, / come down easy,
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Taxi to the terminal / zone,
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Cut your engines and / cool your wings, and
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Let me / make it to the tele - / phone.

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Los Angeles, give me / Norfolk Virginia,
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Tide - / water four ten o / nine,
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Tell all the / folks back home, this is the / Promised Land callin', and
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The / po' boy is on the / line.