Left my home in Norfolk, Virginia, California on my mind. 离开我的家在弗吉尼亚州诺福克，加州在我的脑海。

Straddled that Greyhound and rode it into Raleigh and on across Caroline. 跨越的灰狗，骑入罗利和跨卡罗琳。

We stopped in Charlotte but we bypassed Rockhill, we never was a minute late. 我们停在夏洛特，但我们绕过柔克义，我们从来没有迟到一分钟。

We were ninety miles out of Atlanta by sundown rolling out of Georgia state. 我们90英里了亚特兰大由日落推出的佐治亚州。

   

Had some motor trouble that turned into a struggle half way across Alabam. 有一些电机麻烦变成整个阿拉巴马斗争一半。

That hound broke and left us all stranded in downtown Birmingham. 那猎犬破了，给我们留下了所有滞留在伯明翰市中心。

So right away I bought me a through train ticket right across Mississippi clean, 于是我马上给我买直通车票对面密西西比州干净，

And I was on that Special Flyer out of Birmingham smoking into New Orleans. 而我当时就特别的传单了伯明翰吸烟到新奥尔良。

   

Someone's got to help me get out of Louisiana, just to help me get to Houston town. 一个人的了，帮我走出路易斯安那，只是为了帮我去休斯敦城。

There's an uncle there who cares a little about me and he won't let the poor boy down. 有一个叔叔那里谁在乎一点点关于我的，他不会让这个可怜的孩子了。

Sure as you're born, he bought me a silk suit, put some luggage in my hand. 当然是你出生时，他给我买了丝绸衣服，放一些行李拿在手中。

And I woke up high over Albuquerque on a jet to the Promised Land. 我醒来的时候，高过阿尔伯克基上喷到应许之地。

   

Working on a T-Bone steak, a la carte, flying over to the Golden State. 工作在T骨牛排，点菜，飞越到金州。

When the pilot told us that in thirteen minutes he would have us at the terminal gate. 当飞行员告诉我们，在13分钟，他希望我们在终端大门。

Swing down chariot, come down easy, taxi to the terminal dome. 翻下马车，下来容易，打车到码头圆顶。

Cut your engines and cool your wings and let me make it to the telephone. 削减你的引擎和冷却你的翅膀，让我给电话。

   

Los Angeles give me Norfolk, Virginia, tidewater four-ten-O-nine. 洛杉矶给我的诺福克，弗吉尼亚州，潮水四个10 -O- 9 。

Tell the folks back home this is the Promised Land calling, 告诉乡亲回家，这是应许之地调用，

and the poor boy is on the line. 而可怜的孩子就行了。