Promised Land Lyrics - Elvis Presley

Aw, get on it 

I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia 

California on my mind 

I straddled that Greyhound and rode him into Raleigh 

And on across Caroline 

We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle 

Halfway across Alabam' 

Well, that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded 

In downtown Birmingham 

Right away I bought me a through train ticket 

Right across Mississippi clean 

I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham 

Smokin' into New Orleans 

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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana 

Just help me get to Houston town 

There are people there who care a little about me 

And they won't let the poor boy down 

Take it 

Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit 

And put luggage in my hand 

And I woke up high over Albuquerque 

On a jet to the promised land 

Workin' on a T-bone steak a la carte 

Flying over to the Golden State 

When the pilot told us in 13 minutes 

He would set us at the terminal gate 

Swing low, chariot, come down easy 

Taxi to the terminal zone 

Cut your engines and cool your wings 

And let me make it to the telephone 

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Los Angeles, get me Norfolk, Virginia 

Tidewater 4-1009 

Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' 

And the poor boy is on the line 

Workin' on a T-bone steak a la carte 

Flying over to the Golden State 

When the pilot told us in 13 minutes 

He would set us at the terminal gate 

Swing low, chariot, come down easy 

Taxi to the terminal zone 

Cut your engines and cool your wings 

And let me make it to the telephone 

Los Angeles, get me Norfolk, Virginia 

Tidewater 4-1009 

Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' 

And the poor boy is on the line