The Ghost of Tom Joad
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โฑ๏ธ 4:22 duration
๐ ID: 15660553
๐ Lyrics
Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
Goin' someplace and 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 order
Families sleepin' in their car in the southwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
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
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and he 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
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city aqueduct
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 'gainst 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 decent job, or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes, momm you'll see me"
The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Waitin' for ghost of Tom Joad
Goin' someplace and 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 order
Families sleepin' in their car in the southwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
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
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and he 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
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city aqueduct
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 'gainst 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 decent job, or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes, momm you'll see me"
The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Waitin' for ghost of Tom Joad
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:12.95] Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
[00:18.59] Goin' someplace and there's no going back
[00:22.73] Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
[00:28.67] Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
[00:33.76] Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
[00:39.45] Welcome to the new world order
[00:43.73] Families sleepin' in their car in the southwest
[00:49.55] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[00:54.34] Well, the highway is alive tonight
[00:59.20] But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
[01:04.66] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[01:10.38] Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[01:14.71] He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[01:20.08] Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
[01:24.45] Waitin' for when the last shall be first, and the first shall be last
[01:30.51] In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[01:35.23] Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
[01:40.61] You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
[01:45.67] Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[01:51.29] Bathin' in the city aqueduct
[01:55.89] The highway is alive tonight
[02:01.49] Where it's headed, everybody knows
[02:06.02] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[02:11.64] Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
[02:13.88] Now Tom said
[02:32.15] "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
[02:37.64] Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
[02:42.80] Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
[02:48.69] Look for me, mom, I'll be there"
[02:52.82] "Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
[02:55.68] Or decent job, or a helpin' hand
[03:03.15] Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
[03:08.92] Look in their eyes, momm you'll see me"
[03:13.51] The highway is alive tonight
[03:18.12] But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
[03:23.69] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[03:29.17] Waitin' for ghost of Tom Joad
[03:31.45]
[00:18.59] Goin' someplace and there's no going back
[00:22.73] Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
[00:28.67] Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
[00:33.76] Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
[00:39.45] Welcome to the new world order
[00:43.73] Families sleepin' in their car in the southwest
[00:49.55] No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[00:54.34] Well, the highway is alive tonight
[00:59.20] But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
[01:04.66] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[01:10.38] Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[01:14.71] He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[01:20.08] Preacher lights up a butt and he takes a drag
[01:24.45] Waitin' for when the last shall be first, and the first shall be last
[01:30.51] In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[01:35.23] Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
[01:40.61] You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
[01:45.67] Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[01:51.29] Bathin' in the city aqueduct
[01:55.89] The highway is alive tonight
[02:01.49] Where it's headed, everybody knows
[02:06.02] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[02:11.64] Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
[02:13.88] Now Tom said
[02:32.15] "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
[02:37.64] Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
[02:42.80] Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
[02:48.69] Look for me, mom, I'll be there"
[02:52.82] "Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
[02:55.68] Or decent job, or a helpin' hand
[03:03.15] Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
[03:08.92] Look in their eyes, momm you'll see me"
[03:13.51] The highway is alive tonight
[03:18.12] But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
[03:23.69] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[03:29.17] Waitin' for ghost of Tom Joad
[03:31.45]