Ghost Of Tom Lyrics

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Man walkin‘ long the railroad tracks

Goin‘ some place there’s no going back

Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge

Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge

Shelter line stretchin‘ round the corner

Welcome to the new world oder

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 talks a drag

Waitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last

In a cardboard book neath the underpass

Got a one-way ticket to the promised land

You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand

Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock

Bathin‘ in the city aquaeduct



The highway is alive tonight

Where it’s headed everybody knows

I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light

Searchin‘ for the ghost of Tom Joad



Now Tom said: „Mom, wherever there’s cop beatin‘ a guy

Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries

Where there’s a fight gainst 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 decent job or helping 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

Searchin‘ for the ghost of Tom Joad