David Lynn Jones- “Livin' In The Promised Land”
This week's Soothing the Beast BFP/Jamiol features a song written for Willie Nelson by David Lynn Jones. The song is Livin' in the Promised Land. It was released in February 1986 as the first single from Nelson's album The Promiseland. Jones' song is as apropos today as it was back when he wrote it...lyrics are below...Enjoy...DJPJ.
Living In The Promise Land
Give us your tired and weak
And we will make them strong
Bring us your foreign songs
And we will sing along
Leave us your broken dreams
We'll give them time to mend
There's still a lot of love
Living in the promise land
Living in the promise land
Our dreams are made of steel
The prayer of every man
Is to know how freedom feels
There is a winding road
Across the shifting sand
And room for everyone
Living in the promise land
So we came from a distant isle
Nameless woman, faithless child
Like a bad dream
Until there was no room at all
No place to run and no place to fall
Give us your daily bread
We have no shoes to wear
No place to call our own
Only this cross to bear
We are the multitude
Lend us a helping hand
Is there no love anymore
Living in the promise land
Living in the promise land
Our dreams are made of steel
The prayer of every man
Is to know how freedom feels
There is a winding road
Across the shifting sand
And room for everyone
Living in the promise land
And room for everyone
Living in the promise land
Lyrics by David Lynn Jones.
Recorded by Willie Nelson.