The Promised Land sing and play along

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 at Charlotte;

we bypassed Rock Hill;

we never was a minute late.

We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,

rollin' out of Georgia state.

We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle,

halfway across Alabam.

And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham.

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 at Charlotte;

we bypassed Rock Hill;

we never was a minute late.

We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown,

rollin' out of Georgia state.

We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle,

halfway across Alabam.

And that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham.