Promised U - LAWSON

Head down as I punch this clock The hours roll, they never stop And I can't ever seem to get ahead Always tryin' to do what's right Straight and narrow, it's gettin' tight Don't know how much longer I can stand And I'm wonderin' Yeah, I'm wonderin' Where's my promised land? Out here on this desert road It's hot as fire but I've grown cold Circlin' like a plane that never lands And even though the questions change The answers always stay the same Maybe someday I will understand So I'm wonderin' Got me wonderin' Whеre's my promised land? Yeah, I'm wondеrin' Still, I'm wonderin' Where's my promised land? Well, I've run this earth for many years If there's one thing I know There's nowhere on this side o' Heaven Where streets are made o' gold I've long laid tell my grand illusions Lookin' toward the day that I'll be home I won't give up on this race Broken but I still have faith That this old life is all part of a plan And I can feel it in my soul One day I'll stand before the Throne With nothin' left but hope and these two hands Through all these seasons I'm still believin' You're my promised land In all my grievin' I'm still believin' You're my promised land You're my promised land, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh My promised land, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh Ah-ah, (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) Oh-oh, oh-oh (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh) You're my promised land

Aw, get on it 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 had motor trouble that turned into a struggle halfway across Alabam' Well, that 'hound broke down and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham Right away, I bought me a thorough 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 little about me And they won't let the poor boy down, take it Sure as you're born, they bought me a silk suit, put luggage in my hand And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the Promised Land A-workin' on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the Golden State When the pilot told us in 13 minutes, he would set us at the terminal gate Swin' 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, get me Norfolk, Virginia, Tidewater 4-1009 Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land callin' And the poor boy is on the line A-workin' on a T-bone steak à la carte, flyin' over to the Golden State When the pilot told us in 13 minutes, he would set us at the terminal gate Swin' 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 4-1009 Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land callin' And the poor boy is on the line

She was crying out my name Standing in the driveway Little bare feet wearing her cotton dress in my way I still see the rain chasing tears down her face It was back in October when I said it's over and hid Behind the door Behind the shame of my conviction Beside myself Beside some empty pill prescription Can hear her screamin' now No baby don't, you making my heart hurt Don't say those words Take it back You know you don't mean that You swore when I wore your ring It meant forever I've got it on baby How can you say I lost it Oh, you promised Started crying while I was sleeping Waking up and reaching out To a bed as empty as the heart inside my chest So I gathered up some pictures Said I had some things to give her I let her read a letter I had written her to give her on the day we tied the knot I saw the tears I saw them fall as she read the part of my growing old I heard her words I heard her say it'll never work And hit my knees and cried No baby don't you're making my heart hurt Don't say those words Take it back You know you don't mean that You swore when you wore my ring It meant forever You've got it on baby How can you say you lost it Yeah and you promised We were different people then Look at all the hateful things we've said And I'm just as guilty But girl that's no way to be Take it easy baby I'm still broken Memories enough to tear me wide open When you see me girl you curse my name Makes me wanna say No, no baby don't You're making my heart hurt Don't say those words Take it back You know you don't mean that You know when you wore my ring We said forever But you took it off baby Safe to say we're through No matter what you do You know I'll always love you Well I have to I promised