Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh
And 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
Rollin' 'cross the Georgia state
Had motor trouble it turned into a struggle
Halfway 'cross Alabam'
The 'hound broke down
Left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
[Instrumental break]
Straight off bought me a through train ticket
Right across Mississippi clean
And I was on the midnight flyer out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
'Cause people are there who care a little about me
They won't let the poor boy down
Sure as she you're born, she bought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hands
And I woke up high over Albuquerque
On a jet to the promised land
California on my mind
Straddled that Greyhound, it rode me past Raleigh
And 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
Rollin' 'cross the Georgia state
Had motor trouble it turned into a struggle
Halfway 'cross Alabam'
The 'hound broke down
Left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham
[Instrumental break]
Straight off bought me a through train ticket
Right across Mississippi clean
And I was on the midnight flyer out of Birmingham
Smoking into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Just help me get to Houston town
'Cause people are there who care a little about me
They won't let the poor boy down
Sure as she you're born, she 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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