The Ghost of Tom Joad
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โฑ๏ธ 4:23 duration
๐ ID: 3659387
๐ Lyrics
Men walking 'long the railroad tracks
Going someplace, there's no going back
Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
You got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathing in the city's aqueduct
Go!
Well the highway is alive tonight
Where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me, Mom, I'll be there
Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
Or a decent job or a helping hand
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me"
Yeah!
The highway is alive tonight
Where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Going someplace, there's no going back
Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
You got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathing in the city's aqueduct
Go!
Well the highway is alive tonight
Where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me, Mom, I'll be there
Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
Or a decent job or a helping hand
Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me"
Yeah!
The highway is alive tonight
Where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:02.93] Men walking 'long the railroad tracks
[00:15.35] Going someplace, there's no going back
[00:20.90] Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
[00:25.65] Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
[00:31.17] Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
[00:36.14] Welcome to the new world order
[00:42.45] Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
[00:47.14] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[00:52.07] Well the highway is alive tonight
[00:56.87] But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes
[01:02.45] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[01:07.54] Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
[01:13.34] He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[01:17.49] Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
[01:22.81] Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[01:27.80] In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[01:32.94] You got a one-way ticket to the promised land
[01:37.96] You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
[01:43.36] Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[01:48.01] Bathing in the city's aqueduct
[01:53.60] Go!
[01:57.29] Well the highway is alive tonight
[01:58.42] Where it's headed everybody knows
[02:03.81] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[02:08.30] Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
[02:13.85] Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy
[02:35.86] Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
[02:40.57] Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
[02:45.74] Look for me, Mom, I'll be there
[02:50.87] Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
[02:55.60] Or a decent job or a helping hand
[03:00.86] Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
[03:05.64] Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me"
[03:11.23] Yeah!
[03:12.60] The highway is alive tonight
[03:15.78] Where it's headed everybody knows
[03:23.07] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[03:26.39] With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[00:15.35] Going someplace, there's no going back
[00:20.90] Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
[00:25.65] Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
[00:31.17] Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
[00:36.14] Welcome to the new world order
[00:42.45] Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
[00:47.14] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[00:52.07] Well the highway is alive tonight
[00:56.87] But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes
[01:02.45] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[01:07.54] Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
[01:13.34] He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[01:17.49] Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
[01:22.81] Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[01:27.80] In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[01:32.94] You got a one-way ticket to the promised land
[01:37.96] You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
[01:43.36] Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[01:48.01] Bathing in the city's aqueduct
[01:53.60] Go!
[01:57.29] Well the highway is alive tonight
[01:58.42] Where it's headed everybody knows
[02:03.81] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[02:08.30] Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
[02:13.85] Now Tom said, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy
[02:35.86] Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
[02:40.57] Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
[02:45.74] Look for me, Mom, I'll be there
[02:50.87] Wherever somebody's fighting for a place to stand
[02:55.60] Or a decent job or a helping hand
[03:00.86] Wherever somebody's struggling to be free
[03:05.64] Look in their eyes, Ma, and you'll see me"
[03:11.23] Yeah!
[03:12.60] The highway is alive tonight
[03:15.78] Where it's headed everybody knows
[03:23.07] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[03:26.39] With the ghost of old Tom Joad