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The Promised Land
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01 / The words
Wildman / Marsden / Downing / Downing · Lyrics: Wildman / Marsden
A 2025 reworking of New Pine Overcoat · From Shaken Not Stirred
When we hit the road We'll be on our way We'll be on our way When the Sun explodes And the love light grows You know we'll be ok We wander through the city Forever flying so high It's a celebration Of my generation And we feel like this And we feel like that And we don't know what we're looking at Baby understand That the promised land Is just a mile away There'll be hills to climb There'll be strength to find But it's a new day There's a life around the corner Better than the one that you know Seems like creation Of my generation And we run around And we have our fun And we lift each other up And if you don't make it Then I'll be your strength 'Cause I just can't take it Watching you break So if you're feeling lost Just reach out your hand We'll find our way To the promised land Na na na na na Na na na na na-a-ah Na na na na na Na na na na na-a-ah So if you're feeling lost Just reach out your hand We'll find our way To the promised land
03 / The dossier
About this song.
- Credit
- Lyrics by Piers "Charlie Pepper" Wildman & David Marsden
- Work
- Original · 2025 reworking
A 2025 reworking of New Pine Overcoat: the same underlying song viewed through a different recording and arrangement. It keeps the road-song momentum but inverts the original song’s dark destination.
Source & versions
Related composition: New Pine Overcoat. Kept as a distinct published song page because the 2025 reworking has its own recording history.