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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
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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




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