The Promised Land-The Buzzard Blue Band

[ti:The Promised Land] [ar:The Buzzard Blue Band] [al:Addicted To The Blues] [offset:0] [00:00.55]The Promised Land - The Buzzard Blue Band [00:04.09]Left my home in norfolk virginia [00:06.65]California on my mind [00:08.61] [00:09.79]Straddled that greyhound rode him past raleigh [00:12.83]On across caroline [00:14.36] [00:15.72]Stopped in charlotte and bypassed rock hill [00:18.76]And we never was a minute late [00:20.47] [00:21.27]We was ninety miles out of atlanta by sundown [00:24.37]Rollin' 'cross the georgia state [00:26.29] [00:27.33]We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle [00:29.93]Half way 'cross alabam [00:32.20] [00:33.09]And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded [00:36.09]In downtown birmingham [00:38.17] [01:02.89]Straight off I bought me a through train ticket [01:05.41]Ridin' cross mississippi clean [01:07.48] [01:08.24]And I was on that midnight flier out of birmingham [01:11.53]Smoking into new orleans [01:13.27] [01:14.47]Somebody help me get out of louisiana [01:17.11]Just help me get to houston town [01:19.19] [01:19.88]There's people there who care a little 'bout me [01:23.03]And they won't let the poor boy down [01:24.96] [01:26.07]Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit [01:28.97]Put luggage in my hands [01:30.74] [01:31.66]And I woke up high over albuquerque [01:34.89]On a jet to the promised land [01:36.76] [01:49.52]Workin' on a t bone steak a la carte [01:52.15]Flying over to the golden state [01:54.25] [01:55.02]The pilot told me in thirteen minutes [01:58.11]We'd be headin' in the terminal gate [01:59.91] [02:01.07]Swing low sweet chariot come down easy [02:03.23] [02:03.85]Taxi to the terminal zone [02:05.76] [02:06.86]Cut your engines cool your wings [02:09.27]And let me make it to the telephone [02:11.59] [02:12.64]Los angeles give me norfolk virginia [02:15.35]Tidewater four ten o nine [02:17.30] [02:18.14]Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin [02:20.97]And the poor boy's on the line [02:23.07]