The Promised Land

14 hours a day behind a mule an' a plow Tryin' to make a dollar, baby I don't see how Don't own this farm, don't own this mule Can't win this game They keep changing' the rules Born with the blues in my bones On my way to the promised land Sometimes I wonder, when I look at the facts Seem like one step forward (one step forward), two steps back Things get better for a while Then they get worst Lord, deliver me from under this curse Born with blues in my bones On my way to the promised land (promised land) Born with blues in my bones On my way to the promised land (on my way to the promised land) You could take my song, take my picture But a change gonna come It's written in scripture You know the seas where parted Pharaoh's army got drowned We shall all overcome You can't turn us around Born with the blues in my bones On my way to the promised land (On my way) Born with the blues in my bones On my way to the promised land Born with the blues in my bones On my way to the, oh, to the promised land (Oh, no)