The Promised Land

[Verse 1]
William Anderson was blind as an alley cat
Old man on the streets Edinburgh
He was my friend for a day
Taught me many things
I watched him walk the streets in faithfulness

[Verse 2]
My granny sang soft and sweet
Old gospel melodies
Still driving at the age of ninety-three
She almost got to a hundred
Before she took her last
And everyone who knew her called her blessed

[Chorus]
I remember you my friend
How you came and took my hand
May seem like it was years ago
You walked me through the Promised Land

[Verse 3]
Marilyn was kind you see
That girl was always so good to me
Sometimes I thought I was in love
She taught me to laugh out loud
And to cry more often
She was my noonday joy

[Chorus]
And I remember you my friend
How you came and took my hand
May seem like it was years ago
You walked me through the Promised Land

[Verse 4]
Dallas was a friend of mine
Lived down near the oxford line
Used to have him a girl as pretty as the spring
Tragedy struck one day
And now she’s gone away
Dallas wept like a thunderstorm

[Chorus]
I remember you my friend
How you came and took my hand
May seem like it was years ago
You walked me through
You walked me through the Promised Land