Promised Land

I left my home in Arkansas
With sixteen thousand dollars on my back
I jumped that rail and rode up in
A variet on across Caroline
We stopped in Charlotte, C'vontas
Rock Hill, and Elbowwood and Billy Clay
Next we stopped in my town of Atlanta
A mile and a half down that road
And now I'm here to stay

We had a real good trouble in Dundee
Two of us got a half-way car stop in a jam
And I stopped all around in Memphis
On a ten and a half-mile run

Well, I'm hoppin' on a through train
I'm takin' five across Mississippi
And I'm a-fixin' to spend my time
In Alabama in a tent called a tent
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
There's a lot of folk there who care a little
About me and they won't let me down

I should've brought me a pocket scope
So I could put a target in my hand
And I would've fired off around the country
On a ten thousand grand

Workin' on a T-4 tank
I'm a-gonna fly it over to New Orleans
I'll spend my time in New Orleans
In thirteen minutes
Even better than the time I have here
Waitin' for a chariot to come down

Eve and Jackson, she's a tremblin' all over
Gather up and just move over
Wait and let me make it through to Memphis
I'm hoppin' on a skippin' dog
From Virginia to Alabama
I'm gonna stop in Memphis
On a ten and a half-mile run