Bruce Springsteen – The Ghost Of Tom Joad Lyrics  Share

From Bruce Springsteen's album: The Ghost of Tom Joad

Men walkin^{, ,}long the railroad tracks
Goin^, someplace there^,s no goin^, back
Highway patrol choppers comin^, up over the bridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin^{, ,}round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin^, in their cars in the Southwest
No home no job no peace no rest
The highway is alive tonight
But nobody^,s kiddin^, nobody about where it goes
I^,m sittin^, down here in the campfire light
Searchin^, for the ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin^, for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box ^,neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
Sleepin^, on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin^, in the city aqueduct
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The highway is alive tonight
Where it^,s headed everybody knows
I^,m sittin^, down here in the campfire light
Waitin^, on the ghost of Tom Joad

Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there^,s a cop beatin^, 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 there^,s somebody fightin^, for a place to stand
Or a decent job or a helpin^, hand
Wherever somebody^,s strugglin^, to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you^,ll see me."

Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody^,s kiddin^, nobody about where it goes
I^,m sittin^, down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
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