The Promised Land-Hit Crew Masters

[ti:The Promised Land] [ar:Hit Crew Masters] [al:The Best of Adult Hits: Pop and Easy Listening, Vol. 16] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Promised Land (乐土) - Hit Crew Masters [00:11.79]I left my home in Norfolk Virginia [00:13.98]California on my mind [00:15.90] [00:16.79]I straddled that greyhound [00:17.76]And rode into Raleigh [00:19.11]And on across Caroline [00:20.96] [00:21.98]We had motor trouble that turn into a struggle [00:24.57]Halfway across Alabama [00:26.06] [00:26.90]And that hound broke down and left us all stranded [00:29.38]In downtown Birmingham [00:31.22] [00:32.36]Right away I brought me a through train ticket [00:34.49]Riding across Mississippi clean [00:36.47] [00:37.06]And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham [00:39.62]Smoking into New Orleans [00:41.42] [00:42.36]Somebody help me get out of Louisiana [00:44.70]Just to help me get to Houston town [00:46.57] [00:47.39]There are people there who care a lot about me [00:49.83]And they won't let the poor boy down [00:51.83]Pick a song [00:52.55] [01:05.75]Sure as you're born brought me a silk suit [01:07.83]Put luggage in my hand [01:09.62] [01:10.47]And I woke up high over Alburquerque [01:12.86]On a jet to the promised land [01:14.93] [01:15.73]Working on a tbone steak ala carte [01:17.97]Flying over to the golden state [01:20.00] [01:20.62]When the pilot told us in 13 minutes [01:23.07]He would set us at the terminal gate [01:24.94] [01:25.79]Swing low chariot come down easy [01:28.27]Taxi to the terminal zone [01:30.08] [01:31.13]Cut your engines and cool your wings [01:33.35]Let me make it to the telephone [01:34.89] [01:35.89]Los Angeles [01:36.52] [01:37.04]Give me Norfolk Virginia tidewater 4 10 or 9 [01:40.37] [01:40.98]Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling [01:43.57]And the poor boy is on the line [01:45.22] [01:59.46]Sure as you're born he bought me a silk suit [02:01.77]Put a luggage in my hand [02:03.63] [02:04.28]And I woke up high over Albuquerque [02:06.94]On a jet to the promised land [02:08.80] [02:09.79]Working on a tbone steak a la carte [02:11.94]Flying over to the Golden State [02:13.85] [02:14.59]When the pilot told us in 13 minutes [02:16.96]He would set us at the terminal gate [02:18.89] [02:20.08]Swing low chariot come down easy [02:22.49]Taxi to the terminal zone [02:24.06] [02:25.19]Cut your engines and cool your wings [02:27.42]Let me make it to the telephone [02:28.95] [02:31.31]Los Angeles [02:32.54]Give me Norfolk Virginia tidewater 4 10 or 9 [02:35.80] [02:36.54]Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling [02:39.24]The poor boy is on the line