Promised Land-Luca Olivieri

[ti:Promised Land] [ar:Luca Olivieri] [al:Elvis] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Promised Land - Luca Olivieri [00:10.44]I left my home in Norfolk Virginia [00:12.42]California on my mind [00:14.18] [00:15.27]I straddled that Greyhound [00:16.44]And rode into Raleigh [00:17.35]And on across Caroline [00:19.02] [00:20.19]We had motor trouble [00:21.16]That turn into a struggle [00:22.45]Halfway across Alabam' [00:24.32]And that hound broke down [00:25.94]And left us all stranded [00:27.22]In downtown Birmingham [00:28.67] [00:29.78]Right away I brought me [00:30.79]A through train ticket [00:32.12]Ridin' across Mississippi clean [00:33.76] [00:34.77]And I was on that midnight flyer [00:35.96]Out of Birmingham [00:37.27]Smoking into New Orleans [00:38.58] [00:39.50]Somebody help me [00:40.62]Get out of Louisiana [00:41.55]Just to help me get to Houston Town [00:43.36] [00:44.35]There are people there [00:45.16]Who care a little about me [00:46.65]And they won't [00:47.31]Let the poor boy down [00:48.51] [01:02.67]Sure as you're born [01:03.42]Brought me a silk suit [01:04.84]Put luggage in my hand [01:06.34] [01:07.26]And I woke up high over Alberquerque [01:09.41]On a jet to the promised land [01:11.27] [01:12.46]Working on a T-bone steak a la carte [01:14.44]Flying over to the golden state [01:16.02] [01:16.83]Ah when the pilot [01:17.64]Told us in thirteen minutes [01:19.27]He would set us at the terminal gate [01:21.03] [01:22.01]Swing low chariot come down easy [01:24.35]Taxi to the terminal zone [01:25.84] [01:26.83]Cut your engines [01:27.72]And cool your wings [01:28.87]And let me make [01:29.66]It to the telephone [01:30.75] [01:31.53]Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia [01:33.71]Tidewater four ten o nine [01:35.40] [01:36.06]Tell the folks back home [01:37.31]This is the promised land calling [01:38.60]And the poor boy is on the line [01:40.34] [01:54.55]Working on a T-bone steak a la carte [01:56.33]Flying over to the golden state [01:58.01] [01:59.08]Ah when the pilot [01:59.75]Told us in thirteen minutes [02:01.32]He would set us at the terminal gate [02:03.06] [02:03.83]Swing low chariot come down easy [02:06.05]Taxi to the terminal zone [02:07.65] [02:08.48]Cut your engines [02:09.05] [02:09.65]And cool your wings [02:10.61]And let me make [02:11.35]It to the telephone [02:12.42] [02:13.24]Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia [02:15.40]Tidewater four ten o nine [02:17.10] [02:17.65]Tell the folks back home [02:18.85]This is the promised land calling [02:20.31]And the poor boy is on the line