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Promised Land

from Sugarcane Revival by Beth McKee

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    On Sugarcane Revival, (May, 2015) Mississippi native, Beth McKee offers fiery-sweet songs of tenacity and purpose, sung to a deep southern groove. The resulting sound is a composite of the places she’s called home; Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana and Florida.

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lyrics

Promised Land ©Swampgirl Music
Beth McKee, Tony Battaglia

I was brought up happy, had everything I thought
Never satisfied the hunger for all the things I sought
With no light to guide me and little in my hand
I left my cradle on a rock to build a castle in the sand
Oh a castle in the sand

I wandered around in circles searching for the sun
And found the family orchard where I had started from
Pears sweet and golden jewels on the ground
A whip-poor-will was calling from the blade of a broken plough
Oh what a lovely sound

CHORUS: Never thought I'd wind up standing here again

I've been a dragonfly suspended in midair

Seduced by the notion of life in constant motion

I've found my sacred ground Here is the promised land


I like to sit on the back porch watching the mud daubers dig

Every now and then I ease across the swinging bridge

There's an old man over there spinning yarns and sugar cane

He's never won a literary prize but he sure does entertain

Yea he sure does entertain

credits

from Sugarcane Revival, track released May 19, 2015
Piano and vocals: Beth McKee
Drums: Juan Perez
Bass: Dan Walters
Guitar: Tommy Malone, Justin Beckler
Violin: Jason Thomas
Additional vocals: Gerry Williams, Nicole Johnson

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Beth McKee Orlando, Florida

Beth McKee is the gestalt of all the places she’s settled. From her native Mississippi to her immersion in the scenes of Austin, New Orleans, North Carolina, and now Orlando – all their musical terroir is in her sound. You’ll recognize the hues if you really wanna parse it, but if you just listen, you’ll hear a sound that is quintessentially Southern, tapped from the roots and rolls like honey. ... more

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