I left my home in
Norfolk Virginia
California
On my mind
Straddled that
Greyhound and
Rode 'em in
To Raleigh and
On across Caroline
Had some motor
Trouble turned into
A struggle
Halfway across
Alabam
Well Greyhound
Broke down
And left us all
Stranded in
Downtown
Birmingham
And right away
I bought me a
Thru train ticket
Right across
Mississippi clean
I was on that
Midnight flyer
Out of Birmingham
Smokin' into
New Orleans
Somebody help me
Get out of
Louisiana
Just help me get
To Houston town
There are people
There who care
A lot about me
And they won't let
The poor boy down
Sure as you're born
I bought me
A silk suit
And put a luggage
In my hand
Then I woke up
High over
Albuquerque
On a jet to
The promise land
Workin' on a
T-bone steak
Ala carte
Fly n' over the
The golden state
When the pilot
Told us in
Thirteen 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
Let me make it to
The telephone
Los Angeles
Give me
Nofolk Virginia
Tide water for
Ten-o-nine
Tell the folks
Back home
I said
The promise land's
Callin'
And the
Poor boy's
On the line
Workin' on a
T-bone steak
Ala carte
Flyin' over to
The golden state
When the pilot
Told us in
Thirteen 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
Let me make it to
The telephone
Los Angeles
Give me
Norfolk Virginia
Tide water for
Ten-o-nine
Tell the folks
Back home
I said
The promise land's
Callin'
And the
Poor boy's
On the line..