#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## Date: 26 Sep 95 15:51:08 EDT From: Scott Durham Song: PROMISED LAND Performed by: THE BAND Submitted by Scott Durham 75372.257@compuserve.com GI (320003@1)LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA CCALIFORNIA (x32010@1)ON MY MIND DI (xx0232@1)BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND, GRODE (320003@1)IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE GSTOPPED (320003@1)IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL CWE (x32010@1)NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE DWE (xx0232@1)WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN GROLLIN' (320003@1)OUT OF GEORGIA STATE GWE (320003@1)HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE CHALFWAY (x32010@1)ACROSS ALABAM DAND (xx0232@1)THAT BOW BROKE DOWN GAND (320003@1)LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM GRIGHT (320003@1)AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET CGOT (x32010@1)ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN DAND (xx0232@1)I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM GSMOKIN' (320003@1)INTO NEW ORLEANS GSOMEBODY (320003@1)HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA CHELP (x32010@1)ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN strum 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 V ^ V ^ ^ V DTHERE (xx0232@1)ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME GAND (320003@1)WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN GGEORGIA (320003@1)BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT CAND (x32010@1)PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND DAND (xx0232@1)WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE GON (320003@1)A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND GWORKIN' (320003@1)ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE CFLYIN' (x32010@1)OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE DWHEN (xx0232@1)THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES GHE (320003@1)WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE GSWING (320003@1)LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY CTAXI (x32010@1)TO THE TERMINAL DOOR DCUT (xx0232@1)YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS GAND (320003@1)LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE GLOS (320003@1)ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA CTIDEWATER (x32010@1)FOUR TEN O NINE DTELL (xx0232@1)ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN' GAND (320003@1)THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE \\\\[]\\ [] [] \ [] [] [] ////////[] [] IF YOU GIVE MORE THAN YOU GET [][] [] YOU WILL GET MORE THAN YOU GIVE [][] // \\\\[]////
