#------------PLEASE NOTE------------# #This file is the author’s own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study scholarship or research. # #------------# # Date: Thu 28 Dec 1995 07:25:39 -0600 > Subject: From Graceland To The Promised Land by Merle Haggard X-Sender: Resent-to: To: MIME-version: 1.0 From Graceland To The Promised Land written by Merle Haggard c1977 Shade Tree Music Inc. D6: x20202  D7: xx0212      >From the sun years of the Fifties and the birth of rock and roll Millions screamed to see him do his thing. Elvis touched the life of ev’ry ear that heard him And they couldn’t help but listen when he sang. It’s a long way from Memphis to that mansion in the   sky But he kept his faith in Jesus all along     It’s a long way from Graceland across Jordan to the   Promised Land But Jesus fin’ly came to lead him home.