Promised Land - Live

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 stopped in Charlotte, we bypassed Rock Hill
 We never was a minute late
 We was 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown
 Rollin' out of Georgia state
 We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
 Halfway across 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 flyer out of Birmingham
 Smokin' into New Orleans
 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
 Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit
 And put luggage in my hands
 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
 Los Angeles, give me Norfolk, Virginia
 Tidewater 4-1009
 Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin'
 And the poor boy's on the line