WATCH, NOT OFF-TOPIC: Willie On Stage Last Night - "Living In the Promiseland" (w/ sons, Dave Matthews, more)

Mighty glad to see Willie Nelson on stage last night, pluckin' his guitar and belting out the lyrics as he's done for years. (Even if his mic wasn't turned up at first... in a room full of producers and engineers, no less.) He's joined in this video by Dave Matthews, his sons Micah and Lukas, and Lukas' bandmates (Promise of the Real).

And this is not quite off-topic because of the lyrics - written by David Lynn Jones - for "Living In the PromiseLand", which are re-posted below.

(h/t to @L4LM, @LyndseyParker, and @LyricCullAZ)


"Living In the Promiseland"
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 to mend
There's still a lot of love living in the promised land
Living in the promiseland
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 promiseland
So they 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 our daily bread
We have no shoes to wear
No place to call our home
Only this cross to bear
We are the multitudes
Lend us a helping hand
Is there no love anymore
Living in the promiseland
Living in the promiseland
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 promiseland

Songwriters: David Lynn Jones

Living in the Promiseland lyrics © BLUEWATER MUSIC CORP. OBO MIGHTY NICE MUSIC, BLUEWATER MUSIC CORP. OBO SKUNK DEVILLE MUSIC

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