and i'm sad, yes, i'm sad
but i'm bearably sad
i'll wander the desert
i don't need no promised land
and i'm sad, yes, i'm sad
but i'm bearably sad
i'm safe out of egypt
i don't need no promised land
i don't need none
i don't need none
i don't need none, my lord
and i followed a pillar
of cloud in the day
and at night some fire came down
and it lit my way
but i'll get along without it -
i've made it this far
years of eating manna
can make a man so damn hard
and i'm sad, yes, i'm sad
but i'm bearably sad
i'll wander the desert
i don't need no promised land
i don't need none
i don't need none
i don't need none, my lord
i don't need none