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Elvis Presley's Promised Land $ y" o- |8 \1 @. k***LYRICS*** 2 ^. M/ [3 j" A' O7 i0 T% v% jA great song with a fairly good video to back it up8 M5 I* p. ^* [0 `
# l. W4 W0 R9 @1 J# ]) A$ SI left my home in Norfolk Virginia ; Z! Y L; T( ?* ^! j+ d" ]+ zCalifornia on my mind2 n% a5 W: C. ?! G
I straddled that Greyhound% {+ b+ R, s, }8 p0 R2 S* [
And rode into Raleigh ) i! i+ y, t) \1 }; NAnd on across Caroline 4 a4 R- }- E6 P1 N : Z& ~2 a6 ^* K4 D0 v5 @% I; uWe had motor trouble that turned into a struggle5 L' E( l) B/ U
Halfway across Alabam'5 h9 f, N3 {& b: A% u( R) R7 C
And that hound broke down and left us all stranded ( n/ {5 @+ K0 G: {; L. z+ @/ N5 _In downtown Birmingham 8 t, P9 C1 ]) B$ I. i3 d3 T; P7 }" w0 n% e6 t+ ?( t) F
Right away I brought me a through train ticket1 ~. D- m$ T: l
Ridin' across Mississippi clean ' L* L0 \# {$ T( r6 aAnd I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham$ k* {$ o5 k9 Y2 k
Smoking into New Orleans0 g! t2 F. T3 F1 C
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Somebody help me get out of Louisiana 2 Z" [( l( q& D; JJust to help me get to Houston Town& t( U3 l# p6 c' H4 s/ W
There are people there who care a little about me3 Z: X1 v7 g2 H
And they won't let the poor boy down" t# J8 s) I' f$ q
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Sure as she bore me, she bought me a silk suit6 x6 y- m& u% ~3 i( _+ M5 m( O
Put luggage in my hand l7 J- N+ g5 `) O& m2 [
And I woke up high over Alburquerque 4 M* o4 k% ^) y. GOn a jet to the promised land , l8 w' A1 i, l) J" O " v- R- T% T. g3 `8 `0 @Working on a T-bone steak a la carte / D$ G; z: ?; L' v% {/ Q9 oFlying over to the golden state4 Z/ n2 G! `+ x" W, E5 W5 A# P+ c
Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes ; w3 d- T! O; H, e' fHe would set us at the terminal gate1 v/ g& ~- p" j* t, }# H8 N
2 t" Z* C9 h) q8 |: aSwing low chariot come down easy . h9 o9 Y% K1 I( s; [2 b+ sTaxi to the terminal zone |9 c; }' z2 r" PCut your engines and cool your wings / N8 Z0 ]/ U _. b/ ?And let me make it to the telephone 3 J4 Z0 d# X7 O# _+ G$ A - L$ S- T2 j1 n5 {! Z5 ALos Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia" Z- V0 C3 e0 L- n& n; O" d, ~2 _
Tidewater four ten o nine * s; N7 a: A1 U) E* B1 h& b cTell the folks back home this is the promised land calling & ~( P& z% [1 _/ J8 q( H* pAnd the poor boy is on the line
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