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 Rolling out of Georgia state
We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle Halfway across Alabama
And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown Birmingham
Right away I bought me a through train ticket Crisscross Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham Smoking 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
Working on a t bone steak a la cart 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 angels give me Norfolk Virginia Tidewater 41009
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling And the poor boy's on the line
[00:00.000] 作词 : Berry [00:02.12] [00:03.85]I left my home in Norfolk Virginia [00:06.28]California on my mind [00:08.31] [00:08.91]I straddled that greyhound and rode him into Raleigh [00:11.81]And on across Caroline [00:13.37] [00:14.79]We stopped in Charlotte we bypassed rock hill [00:17.26]We never was a minute late [00:19.06] [00:19.76]We was 90 miles out of Atlanta by sundown [00:22.89]Rolling out of Georgia state [00:24.65] [00:25.91]We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle [00:28.35]Halfway across Alabama [00:30.33] [00:31.16]And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded [00:33.97]In downtown Birmingham [00:36.08] [00:48.49]Right away I bought me a through train ticket [00:50.95]Crisscross Mississippi clean [00:53.16] [00:53.71]And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham [00:56.97]Smoking into new Orleans [00:58.96] [00:59.82]Somebody help me get out of Louisiana [01:02.35]Just help me get to Houston town [01:04.65] [01:05.28]There are people there who care a little about me [01:07.98]And they won't let the poor boy down [01:10.35] [01:11.42]Sure as you're born they bought me a silk suit [01:13.99]And put luggage in my hands [01:16.11] [01:16.61]And I woke up high over Albuquerque [01:19.48]On a jet to the promised land [01:21.55] [01:34.31]Working on a t bone steak a la cart [01:36.85]Flying over to the golden state [01:38.93] [01:39.68]When the pilot told us in 13 minutes [01:42.75]He would set us at the terminal gate [01:44.83] [01:45.94]Swing low chariot come down easy [01:48.76]Taxi to the terminal zone [01:50.72] [01:51.72]Cut your engines and cool your wings [01:54.23]And let me make it to the telephone [01:56.51] [01:57.72]Los angels give me Norfolk Virginia [02:00.12]Tidewater 41009 [02:02.29] [02:03.17]Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling [02:05.93]And the poor boy's on the line
