2. Her Promised Land
Her Promised Land is a song that I've been working on for a while now. It started out to be about one person I never met - and ended up being about the first person I ever sang the song for. The lyrics had to change a bit so the girl in the song could be as strong as she was. For this CD I decided to go with a solo acoustic performance of the song to keep the focus on the story and I think I got it right now. Enjoy the full song - on my site for a limited time as I get ready to put this CD out on Oct 1st on iTunes and Oct 4th in Lafayette... peace, Marty
Her Promised Land - by: Marty Christian
She was at the grocery store with a baby on her hip
The look she gave me said “Man, don’t give me no lip
You don’t know what I’m going through
so get out of my way and let me do what I do”
She said “Lord, let me by, man. I got a ticket
for the promised land.”
But, no matter what you think I’m trying to do,
there’s nothing here that can ever break you
She barely had enough to get what she wanted to eat
She’s looking for change and shuffling her feet
Well, that young girl might look normal to you
but her mind’s all messed up and she's so confused
She's trying to look like she knows what she's doing
But the money's almost gone
and the bill collectors ain't fooling
Late at night she's been throwing plates at the walls
And when she cries for help no one answers her calls
She said “Lord, let me by, man. I got a ticket
for the promised land.”
But, no matter what you think I’m trying to do,
there’s nothing here that can ever break you
Well, her old man lost his job and
he’s been working under the table
He’s thinking about getting clean
but he don’t know if he’s able
He keeps promising to be a better man
but their life ain’t no beach and
she can’t pay it off with sand
She said “Lord, let me by, man. I got a ticket
for the promised land”
But, no matter what you think I’m trying to do,
there’s nothing here that can ever break you
She was at the grocery store with a baby on her hip
The look she gave me said “Man, don’t give me no lip
You don’t know what I’m going through
so get out of my way and let me do what I do”
She said “Lord, let me by, man. I got a ticket
for the promised land.”
But, no matter what you think I’m trying to do,
there’s nothing here that can ever break you
She barely had enough to get what she wanted to eat
She’s looking for change and shuffling her feet
Well, that young girl might look normal to you
but her mind’s all messed up and she's so confused
She's trying to look like she knows what she's doing
But the money's almost gone
and the bill collectors ain't fooling
Late at night she's been throwing plates at the walls
And when she cries for help no one answers her calls
She said “Lord, let me by, man. I got a ticket
for the promised land.”
But, no matter what you think I’m trying to do,
there’s nothing here that can ever break you
Well, her old man lost his job and
he’s been working under the table
He’s thinking about getting clean
but he don’t know if he’s able
He keeps promising to be a better man
but their life ain’t no beach and
she can’t pay it off with sand
She said “Lord, let me by, man. I got a ticket
for the promised land”
But, no matter what you think I’m trying to do,
there’s nothing here that can ever break you