I left my home in Norfolk Virginia California on my mind Straddled that greyhound, rode him past RaleighOn across CarolineStopped in Charlotte and bypassed rock hill And we never was a minute late We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown Rollin' 'cross the Georgia state We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle Half way 'cross AlabamaAnd that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded In downtown Birmingham Straight off, 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 Somebody help me get out of LouisianaJust help me get to Houston Town There's 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 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 Oh, when the pilot told me us in thirteen minutes He was headin' at the terminal gate Swing low sweet 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 four ten o nine Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' And the poor boy's on the line
[00:04.04]I left my home in [00:04.98]Norfolk Virginia [00:06.26]California on my mind [00:09.27]Straddled that greyhound, rode him past [00:11.65]RaleighOn across [00:12.94]CarolineStopped in [00:15.56]Charlotte and bypassed rock hill [00:17.71]And we never was a minute late [00:20.23]We was ninety miles out of [00:21.81]Atlanta by sundown [00:23.23]Rollin' 'cross the [00:24.72]Georgia state [00:26.24]We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle [00:28.82]Half way 'cross [00:29.74]AlabamaAnd that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded [00:34.44]In downtown [00:35.01]Birmingham [00:37.66]Straight off, [00:49.31]I bought me a through train ticket [00:51.66]Ridin' 'cross [00:52.45]Mississippi clean [00:54.27]And I was on that midnight flier out of [00:56.86]Birmingham [00:57.44]Smoking into [00:58.17]New Orleans [01:00.36]Somebody help me get out of [01:02.22]LouisianaJust help me get to [01:03.93]Houston Town [01:05.90]There's people there who care a little 'bout me [01:08.72]And they won't let the poor boy down [01:11.92]Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit [01:14.78]Put luggage in my hands [01:17.27]And I woke up high over [01:19.67]Albuquerque [01:20.39]On a jet to the promised land [01:35.25]Workin' on a [01:35.76]T-bone steak a la carte [01:37.50]Flying over to the golden state [01:40.45]Oh, when the pilot told me us in thirteen minutes [01:43.64]He was headin' at the terminal gate [01:46.95]Swing low sweet chariot, come down easy [01:49.51]Taxi to the terminal zone [01:52.46]Cut your engines and cool your wings [01:55.02]And let me make it to the telephone [01:58.47]Los Angeles give me [01:59.74]Norfolk Virginia [02:00.99]Tidewater four ten o nine [02:04.03]Tell the folks back home this is the promised land callin' [02:06.45]And the poor boy's on the line [02:08.57]
