Song written by David Lynn Jones, was recorded by Willie Nelson for the Columbia label, was recorded on November 28, 1985, in Pedernales Recording Studio, Spicewood, TX, produced by Willie himself, was released in February 1986, the 28 June reached # 1 on the charts of US Hot Country Songs, and remained 20 weeks on the charts, on July 12, 1986, also reached # 1 on the charts Canadian RPM Country Tracks. It was the nineteenth number one in Willie’s career.
The song was included in Willie’s thirty-fourth studio album, The Promiseland (Columbia 1986), the album was released on March 10, 1986, and May 31, 1986, reached number one on the U.S Top Country Albums charts.
In 1987, David Lynn Jones recorded his own version of the song and included it as the b-side to his single “High Ridin ‘Heroes”, a duet with Waylon Jennings which reached number 14 on the same chart.
Versiones :
David Lynn Jones 1987 ( Mercury )
Joe Cocker 1990 ( Capitol )
Miquel Batlle Garriga
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Willie Nelson – Living in the Promiseland lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 time to mend
There’s still a lot of love
Living in the Promiseland
[Chorus]
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
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
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
, the album was released on March 10, 1986, and May 31, 1986, reached number one on the U.S Top Country Albums charts. In 1987, David Lynn Jones recorded his own version of the song and included it as the b-side to his single “High Ridin ‘Heroes”, a duet with Waylon Jennings which reached number 14 on the same chart. Versiones : David Lynn Jones 1987 ( Mercury )Joe Cocker 1990 ( Capitol )Miquel Batlle Garrigambatllegarriga@gmail.com){kind=link}