Bob Seger

Songwriter: Bob Seger

Producer: Bob Seger

[Verse 1]
I've been down in the delta workin' these fields
Breakin' my back, I need a better deal
So long Mississippi, so long Alabam'
I want to face the promise of the Promised Land

[Verse 2]
I've got fevered dreams, mighty plans
I need a black top road, I need a wheel in my hands
So long Arizona, so long desert sands
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land

[Verse 3]
I'm tired of this river, these nothin' nights
I'm small towned out, I need city lights
So long Allegany, so long Olean
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land

[Bridge]
I'll need a world of changes, I need a brand new space
I need an El Dorado, there's got to be someplace

[Verse 4]
There's a line inside I think I've crossed
You better watch out now I'm gonna be my own boss
So long Massachusetts, so long Framingham
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land
So long North Dakota, you must understand
I need to face the promise of the Promised Land

[Outro]
Face the promise (Ow)
Face the promise (Oh)
Face the promise (Ah, ooh)
Face the promise

Robert Clark “Bob” Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the “System” from his recordings and continued to strive for broader success with various other bands. In 1973, he put together the Silver Bullet Band, with a group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful on the national level with the album Live Bullet, recorded live with the Silver Bullet Band in 1975 at Cobo Hall in Detroit, Michigan. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger’s best-selling singles and albums.

In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the studio album Night Moves. The Night Moves title track became his first Billboard Top 5 single and the album started a string six consecutive albums landing in the Billbaord Top 10. The 1980 album, Against the Wind, topped the charts.

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