The Promised Land

from Letalone by Dan Whitley & The Passerines

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lyrics

How do you feel?

So this is how it feels
To be some part of the world
Just like you always wanted
What do you want me to tell you today?

So this is our promised land
A land of hope and glory
Take it from me that I'm not what you wanted
Take on someone who can push you around
This is our promised land
Listen to it tearing me apart
A golden opportunity
If only you would take the chance

If only you would join the fun

Though I've been awake for weeks
Nothing gets done here
Black water
Oil me up
Heart rate well into the hundred-and-nineties
Three times a week it's under twenty
Oneëighty over ninety
Oneëighty; quick turnaround
We are now on final approach
Ladies and gentlemen
Tighten your belts
We will shortly be landing in Utopia

That's what you get when you listen to reason
An army of men who all think they know better
But they don't understand the conditional tense
If you could just let them all go

Noöne tells you what to do
Noöne will listen
Noöne has a thought in their head
That's nothing new

This is what you wanted
This is what you get

So this is our promised land
A land of
Take it from me that I'm not what you're looking for
Take on someone who can
This is our promised land
Listen to it breaking my heart
We'll shower you with riches
If only you would join the fun

If only you would join the fun
If only you would join the fun

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from Letalone, released December 5, 2019
Acoustic & electric guitar, bass guitar, sequencing, synthetic brass arrangements, drum machine, vocals, and decay by Dan Whitley

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