[Verse 1]
Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh
On across Caroline
Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill
And we never was a minute late
We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rolling across Georgia state
We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabam'
The hound broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Straight off bought me a through train ticket
Right 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 help me get to Houston town
There's people there who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy down
Sure as you're born, 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
Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh
On across Caroline
Stopped in Charlotte and bypassed Rock Hill
And we never was a minute late
We was ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown
Rolling across Georgia state
We had motor trouble that turned into a struggle
Halfway across Alabam'
The hound broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown Birmingham
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 2]
Straight off bought me a through train ticket
Right 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 help me get to Houston town
There's people there who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy down
Sure as you're born, 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
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