Promised Land-Catch This Beat

[ti:Promised Land] [ar:Catch This Beat] [al:The Chuck Berry Songbook] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Promised Land - Catch This Beat [00:11.86]I left my home in Norfolk Virginia [00:14.42]California on my mind [00:16.17] [00:16.96]I straddled that Greyhound [00:18.03]And rode on into Raleigh [00:19.27]And on across Caroline [00:21.04] [00:22.12]We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle [00:24.46]Halfway across Alabam [00:26.39] [00:27.00]Well that hound broke down [00:28.43]And left us all stranded [00:29.43]In downtown Birmingham [00:31.30] [00:32.37]Right away I brought me a through train ticket [00:34.85]Ridin' across Mississippi clean [00:37.64]And I was on that midnight flyer [00:39.21]Out of Birmingham [00:40.20]Smoking into New Orleans [00:41.84] [00:42.69]Somebody help me get out of Louisiana [00:44.86]Just to help me get to Houston Town [00:47.07] [00:47.61]There are people there who care a little about me [00:50.28]And they won't let the poor boy down [00:52.05] [01:07.02]Sure as your born they bought me a silk suit [01:09.05]Put luggage in my hand [01:11.69]And I woke up high over Albuquerque [01:14.37]On a jet to the promised land [01:17.26]Working on a T-bone steak a la carte [01:19.38]Flying over to the golden state [01:21.37] [01:22.01]Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes [01:24.42]He would set us at the terminal gate [01:26.67] [01:27.41]Swing low chariot come down easy [01:29.45]Taxi to the terminal zone [01:31.70] [01:32.40]Cut your engines and cool your wings [01:34.13] [01:34.64]And let me make it to the telephone [01:36.47] [01:37.27]Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia [01:39.75]Tidewater four ten o nine [01:41.55] [01:42.42]Tell the folks back home [01:43.56]This is the promised land calling [01:44.88]And the poor boy is on the line [01:48.20] [02:01.99]Working on a T-bone steak a la carte [02:03.81]Flying over to the golden state [02:05.89] [02:06.77]Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes [02:09.02]He would set us at the terminal gate [02:11.10] [02:12.36]Swing low chariot come down easy [02:14.38]Taxi to the terminal zone [02:16.25] [02:17.21]Cut your engines and cool your wings [02:19.35]And let me make it to the telephone [02:21.47] [02:22.09]Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia [02:24.97]Tidewater four ten o nine [02:26.49] [02:27.30]Tell the folks back home [02:28.47]This is the promised land calling [02:29.63]And the poor boy is on the line