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I LEFT MY HOME IN NORFOLK VIRGINIA
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CALIFORNIA ON MY MIND
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I BOARDED THAT GREYHOUND,
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RODE IN INTO RALIEGH ON ACROSS CAROLINE
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STOPPED IN CHARLOTTE TO BY PASS ROCKHILL
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WE NEVER WAS A MINUTE LATE
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WE WERE NINTY MILES OUT OF ATLANTA BY SUNDOWN
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ROLLIN' OUT OF GEORGIA STATE
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WE HAD MOTOR TROUBLE THAT TURNED INTO A STRUGGLE
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HALFWAY ACROSS ALABAM
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AND THAT BOW BROKE DOWN
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AND LEFT US STRANDED IN DOWNTOWN BIRMINGHAM
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RIGHT AWAY I BOUGHT A THROUGH TRAIN TICKET
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GOT ACROSS MISSISSIPPI CLEAN
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AND I WAS ON THAT MIDNIGHT FLYER OUT OF BIRMINGHAM
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SMOKIN' INTO NEW ORLEANS
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SOMEBODY HELP ME GET OUT OF LOUISIANA
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HELP ME GET TO HOUSTON TOWN
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THERE ARE PEOPLE THERE WHO CARE A LITTLE 'BOUT ME
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AND WON'T PUT THE POOR BOY DOWN
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GEORGIA BORN, THEY BOUGHT ME A SILK SUIT
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AND PUT LUGGAGE IN MY HAND
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AND WOKE UP HIGH OVER ALBUQUERQUE
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ON A JET TO THE PROMISED LAND
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WORKIN' ON A T-BONE ALA CARTEE
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FLYIN' OVER TO THE GOLDEN STATE
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WHEN THE PILOT TOLD US IN THIRTEEN MINUTES
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HE WOULD SET US AT THE TERMINAL GATE
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SWING LOW CHARIOT, COME DOWN EASY
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TAXI TO THE TERMINAL DOOR
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CUT YOUR ENGINES AND COOL YOUR WINGS
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AND LET ME MAKE IT TO THE TELEPHONE
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LOS ANGELES, GIVE ME NORFLOK VIRGINIA
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TIDEWATER FOUR TEN O NINE
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TELL ALL THE FOLKS BACK HOME
IT'S THE PROMISED LAND CALLIN'
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AND THE POOR BOY IS ON THE LINE
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