Promised Land

The journey has been hard and long My morning eyes are bleary Tired of jumping over fences Of this crazy world I'm weary As I look down that way ahead Perhaps my eyes deceive me Sometimes it's close enough to touch Sometimes I think I'm dreaming Around me on all sides I see Thieves and lawyers claiming Insurance men say they're your friends But your life they're slowly draining I won't believe their promises Don't listen to their scheming Their breath is wasted in the wind As I wander off day dreaming I'm going to lay to rest my weary head No more spinning round and round My days will be my own to keep When I wind that clock forever down Do all the things I've wanted and Still have time in hand This promise to myself I'll keep When I reach that promised land Sometimes that rainbow seems so near In immaculate deception I almost touch it when that road Changes its direction Those voices offer me bad news With shallow sophistication And pictures of that crock of gold In my imagination I'm going to lay to rest my weary head No more spinning round and round My days will be my own to keep When I wind that clock forever down Do all the things I've wanted and Still have time in hand This promise to myself I'll keep When I reach that promised land When I get to that promised land, sit on that golden shore I'll offer up thanksgiving, I'll tread that wheel no more I'll tell myself breathe easy now, cast off that ball of lead Forget about that old grey cloud that hung around your head I'm out of gear I'm in freewheel I'm going through the motions Yet sometimes in my heart I feel I've swum ten thousand oceans Not looking for a bigger deal Or mountains to be climbing Just leave me with this song to sing Don't count the cost of rhyming I'm going to lay to rest my weary head No more spinning round and round My days will be my own to keep When I wind that clock forever down Do all the things I've wanted and Still have time in hand This promise to myself I'll keep When I reach that promised land