Promised Land (Live)-Chuck Berry

[00:06.27]I left my home in Norfolk Virginia [00:09.64]California on my mind [00:11.48] [00:12.79]Straddled that Greyhound [00:14.23]Rode him past Raleigh [00:15.63]On across Caroline [00:17.64] [00:18.76]Stopped in Charlotte [00:20.12]And bypassed Rock Hill [00:21.78]And we never was a minute late [00:23.65] [00:24.21]We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown [00:27.78]Rollin' 'cross the Georgia state [00:29.54] [00:30.67]We had motor trouble it turned into a struggle [00:33.72]Half way 'cross Alabam [00:35.69] [00:36.81]And that 'hound broke down [00:38.22]And left us all stranded [00:39.59]In downtown Birmingham [00:41.57] [01:06.66]Run away I bought me a through train ticket [01:09.24]Ridin' cross Mississippi clean [01:12.34]And I was on that midnight flyer out of Birmingham [01:16.10]Smoking into New Orleans [01:17.79] [01:18.97]Somebody help me get out of Louisiana [01:22.12]Just help me get to Houston town [01:24.07] [01:25.13]There's people there who care a little 'bout me [01:28.06]And they won't let the poor boy down [01:30.31] [01:31.24]Sure as you're born [01:32.82]They bought me a silk suit [01:34.55]Put luggage in my hands [01:36.89]And I woke up high over Albuquerque [01:40.22]On a jet to the promised land