The Promised Land Lyrics - Original Album Classics - Meat Loaf

I left my home in Norfolk Virginia 

California on my mind 

I straddled that Greyhound 

And rode into Raleigh 

And on across Caroline 

I had motor trouble that turn into a struggle 

Halfway across Alabam' 

And that hound broke down and left me all stranded 

In downtown Birmingham 

Right away I brought me a through train ticket 

Ridin' across Mississippi clean 

And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham 

Smoking into New Orleans 

Related 

The Best Karaoke Songs Ever, Ranked 

Love Stinks, So Here Are 15 Anti-Valentine's Day Songs 

Modern Love: The Best Top 40 Love Songs For Valentine's Day 

Somebody help me get out of Louisiana 

Just to help me get to Houston Town 

There are people there who care a little about me 

And they won't let a poor boy down 

Sure as you're born brought me a silk suit 

And put luggage in my hand 

And I woke up high over Albuquerque 

On a jet to the Promised Land 

Working on a T-bone steak a la carte 

Flying over to the golden state 

When the pilot told me in thirteen minutes 

He would set us at the terminal gate 

Oo, 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 

Photos 

Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia 

Tidewater four ten o nine 

Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land calling 

And the poor boy is on the line 

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 give me Norfolk Virginia 

Tidewater four ten o nine 

Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land calling 

And the poor boy is on the line 

Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land calling 

And the big boy is on the line