
Promised Land Lyrics
- Genre:Folk
- Year of Release:2023
Lyrics
I hear the train across the lowlands
I guess it's what they call progress
Was born in the dust on a dirty wagon
Hard times raised me stronger than the stones
Pa was a pioneer who came around
He found his fortune wandering westbound
He met a sweetheart in West Virginia
They took together the Cumberland way
Run horse run, down in Texas
On the trail to the Promised Land
Run horse run, down in Texas
Follow your heart and never turn back
We settled by a slow running river
Where a few mads would have searched for gold
We'd rather a hurtin' back than the nuggets
We farmed the Land that the Lord gave us
I grew up faster than the others
Learning a lesson for my whole life
Early in bed, early to rise
Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Run horse run, down in Texas
On the trail to the Promised Land
Run horse run, down in Texas
Follow your heart and never turn back
Now the years are flowing even faster
But not enough for my right hand
I shot a-many man, you can call it a sin
But you never know where life brings you in
In the end my dear I can tell you
Had such a good life in Amarillo
And I won't complain for sure
If in the great prairie will rest my soul.
Run horse run, down in Texas
On the trail to the Promised Land
Run horse run, down in Texas
follow your heart and never turn back