Текст песни Promised Land (Take 5) - Elvis Presley feat. J.D. Sumner & The Stamps
                                                    I 
                                                left 
                                                my 
                                                home 
                                                in 
                                                Norfolk 
                                                Virginia
 
                                    
                                
                                                California 
                                                on 
                                                my 
                                                mind
 
                                    
                                
                                                    I 
                                                straddled 
                                                that 
                                                Greyhound
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                rode 
                                                into 
                                                Raleigh
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                on 
                                                across 
                                                Caroline
 
                                    
                                
                                                We 
                                                had 
                                                motor 
                                                trouble 
                                                that 
                                                turn 
                                                into 
                                                    a 
                                                struggle
 
                                    
                                
                                                Halfway 
                                                across 
                                                Alabam'
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                that 
                                                hound 
                                                broke 
                                                down 
                                                and 
                                                left 
                                                us 
                                                all 
                                                stranded
 
                                    
                                
                                                In 
                                                downtown 
                                                Birmingham
 
                                    
                                
                                                Right 
                                                away 
                                                    I 
                                                brought 
                                                me 
                                                    a 
                                                through 
                                                train 
                                                ticket
 
                                    
                                
                                                Ridin' 
                                                across 
                                                Mississippi 
                                                clean
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                on 
                                                that 
                                                midnight 
                                                flyer 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                Birmingham
 
                                    
                                
                                                Smoking 
                                                into 
                                                New 
                                                Orleans
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                help 
                                                me 
                                                get 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                Louisiana
 
                                    
                                
                                                Just 
                                                to 
                                                help 
                                                me 
                                                get 
                                                to 
                                                Houston 
                                                Town
 
                                    
                                
                                                There 
                                                are 
                                                people 
                                                there 
                                                who 
                                                care 
                                                    a 
                                                little 
                                                about 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                they 
                                                won't 
                                                let 
                                                the 
                                                poor 
                                                boy 
                                                down
 
                                    
                                
                                                Sure 
                                                as 
                                                you're 
                                                born 
                                                brought 
                                                me 
                                                    a 
                                                silk 
                                                suit
 
                                    
                                
                                                Put 
                                                luggage 
                                                in 
                                                my 
                                                hand
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                    I 
                                                woke 
                                                up 
                                                high 
                                                over 
                                                Alberquerque
 
                                    
                                
                                                On 
                                                    a 
                                                jet 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                promised 
                                                land
 
                                    
                                
                                                Working 
                                                on 
                                                    a 
                                                T-bone 
                                                steak 
                                                    a 
                                                la 
                                                carte
 
                                    
                                
                                                Flying 
                                                over 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                golden 
                                                state
 
                                    
                                
                                                Ah 
                                                when 
                                                the 
                                                pilot 
                                                told 
                                                us 
                                                in 
                                                13 
                                                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
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                let 
                                                me 
                                                make 
                                                it 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                telephone
 
                                    
                                
                                                Los 
                                                Angeles 
                                                give 
                                                me 
                                                Norfolk 
                                                Virginia
 
                                    
                                
                                                Tidewater 
                                                four 
                                                ten 
                                                    o 
                                                nine
 
                                    
                                
                                                Tell 
                                                the 
                                                folks 
                                                back 
                                                home 
                                                this 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                promised 
                                                land 
                                                calling
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                the 
                                                poor 
                                                boy 
                                                is 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                line
 
                                    
                                
                                                Right 
                                                away 
                                                    I 
                                                brought 
                                                me 
                                                    a 
                                                through 
                                                train 
                                                ticket
 
                                    
                                
                                                Ridin' 
                                                across 
                                                Mississippi 
                                                clean
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                    I 
                                                was 
                                                on 
                                                that 
                                                midnight 
                                                flyer 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                Birmingham
 
                                    
                                
                                                Smoking 
                                                into 
                                                New 
                                                Orleans
 
                                    
                                
                                                Somebody 
                                                help 
                                                me 
                                                get 
                                                out 
                                                of 
                                                Louisiana
 
                                    
                                
                                                Just 
                                                to 
                                                help 
                                                me 
                                                get 
                                                to 
                                                Houston 
                                                Town
 
                                    
                                
                                                There 
                                                are 
                                                people 
                                                there 
                                                who 
                                                care 
                                                    a 
                                                little 
                                                about 
                                                me
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                they 
                                                won't 
                                                let 
                                                the 
                                                poor 
                                                boy 
                                                down
 
                                    
                                
                                                Sure 
                                                as 
                                                you're 
                                                born 
                                                brought 
                                                me 
                                                    a 
                                                silk 
                                                suit
 
                                    
                                
                                                Put 
                                                luggage 
                                                in 
                                                my 
                                                hand
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                    I 
                                                woke 
                                                up 
                                                high 
                                                over 
                                                Alberquerque
 
                                    
                                
                                                On 
                                                    a 
                                                jet 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                promised 
                                                land
 
                                    
                                
                                                Working 
                                                on 
                                                    a 
                                                T-bone 
                                                steak 
                                                    a 
                                                la 
                                                carte
 
                                    
                                
                                                Flying 
                                                over 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                golden 
                                                state
 
                                    
                                
                                                Pilot 
                                                told 
                                                us 
                                                in 
                                                13 
                                                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
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                let 
                                                me 
                                                make 
                                                it 
                                                to 
                                                the 
                                                telephone
 
                                    
                                
                                                Los 
                                                Angeles 
                                                give 
                                                me 
                                                Norfolk 
                                                Virginia
 
                                    
                                
                                                Tidewater 
                                                four 
                                                ten 
                                                    o 
                                                nine
 
                                    
                                
                                                Tell 
                                                the 
                                                folks 
                                                back 
                                                home 
                                                this 
                                                is 
                                                the 
                                                promised 
                                                land 
                                                calling
 
                                    
                                
                                                And 
                                                the 
                                                poor 
                                                boy 
                                                is 
                                                on 
                                                the 
                                                line
 
                                    
                                
                            1 My Boy
2 Spanish Eyes
3 She Wears My Ring
4 If You Talk in Your Sleep
5 There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Take 1)
6 I Got a Feelin' in My Body
7 Find Out What's Happening (Takes 8 & 7)
8 For Ol' Times Sake (Take 4)
9 I've Got a Thing About You Baby (Take 14)
10 It's Midnight
11 You Asked Me To (Take 3A)
12 Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
13 There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Take 1)
14 If You Don't Come Back
15 I Got a Feelin' In My Body (Take 4)
16 Promised Land (Take 5)
17 Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming
18 It's Diff'rent Now (Unfinished Recording)
19 My Boy (Take 1)
20 If That Isn't Love
21 I've Got a Thing About You Baby
22 For Ol' Times Sake
23 Take Good Care of Her
24 If You Don't Come Back
25 Three Corn Patches
26 Girl of Mine
27 Find Out What's Happening
28 Promised Land
29 It's Midnight
30 If You Talk In Your Sleep
31 Thinking About You
32 Mr. Songman
33 I Got a Feelin' In My Body
34 Loving Arms
35 Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues
36 You Asked Me To
37 Talk About the Good Times
38 She Wears My Ring
39 Your Love's Been a Long Time Coming
40 Love Song of the Year
41 If That Isn't Love
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