From a CD, I can't get some of the words but would love to get them clarified

Promised Land

I left my home in Norfolk Virginia,
California on my mind
I straddled that Greyhound rollin' out of Raleigh(?)
All across Caroline
We stopped in Shorly(?)we bypassed Rockfield
we never was a minute late
Ninety miles out of that letter by sundown(?)
rolled across the Georgia state
Right away I bought me a through train ticket
Right across Mississippi clean
I was on that midnight flier out of Birmingham
Smokin' into New Orleans
Somebody help me get out of Louisiana
Help me get to Houston town
Ther'e some folks who tell lies about me (?)
And they won't let the poor boy down

(Accordian Solo - brilliant, not to mention the drummer)

Workin' on a t-bone steak al a goney (?)
Flyin' over to the golden state
How did it go (?) in thirteen minutes
To landing at the terminal gate
Slow down chariot, come down easy
Taxi to the terminal gate
Cut your engine, then cool your wings
Then we make it to the telephone
Lawson's brimming, (?) Norfolk Virginia
Dialling one o four ten o nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
Poor boy's on the line

I presume I have misinterpreted some of the phrases and some of the place names. Somebody please correct me.

Paddy(1)