Promised Land Lyrics - Chuck Berry

I left my home in Norfolk, Virginia 

California on my mind 

and rolled in into Raleigh and all across Carolina 

Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill 

And we never was a minute late 

We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown 

Rollin' out of Georgia state 

Half way 'cross Alabam 

And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded 

In downtown Birmingham 

Right away, I bought me a through train ticket 

Ridin' cross Mississippi clean 

And I was on that midnight flier out of Birmingham 

Smoking 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 'bout me 

And they won't let the poor boy down 

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

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 

Oh when The pilot told me in thirteen minutes 

We'd be headin' in the terminal gate 

Swing low chariot, come down easy 

Taxi to the terminal zone 

Cut your engines, cool your wings 

And let me make it to the telephone 

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Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia 

Tidewater four ten O nine 

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

And the poor boy's on the line