I left my home in Norfolk Virginia,
We had motor trouble
Right away, I bought me
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
MUSIC BREAK
Sure as you're born,
Workin' on a T-bone steak
Swing low sweet chariot,
Los Angeles give me Norfolk Virginia,
MUSIC BREAK
Workin' on a T-bone steak
Swing low sweet chariot,
Los Angeles
California on my mind.
Straddled that Greyhound,
Rode him past Raleigh,
On across Caroline.
It turned into a struggle,
Half way 'cross Alabam,
Well that 'hound broke down
And left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham.
A through train ticket,
Ridin' cross Mississippi clean
And I was on that midnight flyer
Out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans.
Just help me get to Houston town.
There are people there
Who care a little 'bout me
And they won't let
The poor boy down.
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.
A la carte
Flying over to the Golden State;
The pilot told me
In thirteen minutes
We'd be headin'
In the terminal gate.
Come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone;
Cut your engines,
Cool your wings,
And let me make it
To the telephone.
Tidewater four ten O nine
Tell the folks back home
This is the promised land callin'
And the poor boy's on the line.
a la carte
Flying over to the Golden State;
The pilot told me
In thirteen minutes
We'd be headin'
In the terminal gate.
Come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone;
Cut your engines,
Cool your wings,
And let me make it
To the telephone.
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.
