Inspired! Land of Promise (Paterson / Alexander)

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Our ex-manager Willie McInnes wrote a film script about families from Ireland, Scotland and England coming out to Australia in the sixties to find work in the steel mills because they had lost their jobs in Britain.

After six months some of the 19 year old guys found themselves in Vietnam. We were inspired by the title and the fact that no matter how far away from you friends and family you never forget about them or where you're from

It was written on a piano which always inspires and different type of song and chord structure.

verse 1
Packed our dreams into a suitcase
No more choices, we're out of luck
They say the future's in this new place
And they promise there'll be work

chorus
But I will love you and leave you
But I won't forget, believe me
When we're in the Land of Promise
I will still be there for you (x2)

verse 2
Sail away with mixed emotions
A lot of memories left behind
We're going miles across the ocean
So uncertain of what we'll find

chorus
But I have loved you and left you, but I won't forget believe me
When I'm in the Land of Promise I will still be there for you

verse 3
We'd only been there for a short time
When he was called up; a 'son of war!'
They sent him off to fight in Vietnam
In a war he knew nothing of

chorus
Now he has loved me and left me
But I won't forget, believe me
Though I'm in the Land of Promise, I will still be there for you

chorus
You have loved me and left me
But I won't forget, believe me
When you're back in the Land of Promise
I will still be there for you