The Ghost of Tom Joad
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โฑ๏ธ 5:38 duration
๐ ID: 559765
๐ Lyrics
Man walks along the railroad track
He's going some place and there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, no rest
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time
When the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one way ticket to the promise land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city's aqueducts
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Now Tom said "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma, I'll be there
Wherever someboy's strugglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma, you'll see me"
You'll see me, you'll see me
You'll see me, you'll see me
You'll see me, you'll see me
You'll see me, you'll see me
And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of Tom Joad
He's going some place and there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, no rest
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
He's waitin' for the time
When the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
With a one way ticket to the promise land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city's aqueducts
And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Now Tom said "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma, I'll be there
Wherever someboy's strugglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma, you'll see me"
You'll see me, you'll see me
You'll see me, you'll see me
You'll see me, you'll see me
You'll see me, you'll see me
And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of Tom Joad
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:42.05] Man walks along the railroad track
[00:48.85] He's going some place and there's no turnin' back
[00:55.10] The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
[01:02.19] Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
[01:08.63] The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
[01:16.61] Welcome to the new world order
[01:22.79] Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
[01:29.99] No job, no home, no peace, no rest, no rest
[01:50.54] And The highway is alive tonight
[01:54.06] Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
[01:57.67] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[02:02.37] Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[02:18.16] He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
[02:25.10] The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
[02:31.00] He's waitin' for the time
[02:32.50] When the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[02:38.94] In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[02:46.22] With a one way ticket to the promise land
[02:52.73] With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
[02:59.70] Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
[03:07.43] Bathin' in the city's aqueducts
[03:28.00] And The highway is alive tonight
[03:30.93] Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
[03:34.71] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[03:38.52] With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[03:54.02] Now Tom said "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
[04:02.10] Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
[04:09.26] Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
[04:17.11] Look for me ma, I'll be there
[04:23.06] Wherever someboy's strugglin' for a place to stand
[04:30.69] For a decent job or a helpin' hand
[04:37.00] Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
[04:44.99] Look in their eyes ma, you'll see me"
[04:49.31] You'll see me, you'll see me
[04:52.73] You'll see me, you'll see me
[04:56.09] You'll see me, you'll see me
[04:59.59] You'll see me, you'll see me
[05:19.87] And the highway is alive tonight
[05:22.80] Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
[05:27.05] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[05:30.55] With the ghost of Tom Joad
[00:48.85] He's going some place and there's no turnin' back
[00:55.10] The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
[01:02.19] Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
[01:08.63] The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
[01:16.61] Welcome to the new world order
[01:22.79] Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
[01:29.99] No job, no home, no peace, no rest, no rest
[01:50.54] And The highway is alive tonight
[01:54.06] Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
[01:57.67] I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[02:02.37] Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad
[02:18.16] He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
[02:25.10] The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
[02:31.00] He's waitin' for the time
[02:32.50] When the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[02:38.94] In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[02:46.22] With a one way ticket to the promise land
[02:52.73] With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
[02:59.70] Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
[03:07.43] Bathin' in the city's aqueducts
[03:28.00] And The highway is alive tonight
[03:30.93] Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
[03:34.71] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[03:38.52] With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[03:54.02] Now Tom said "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
[04:02.10] Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
[04:09.26] Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
[04:17.11] Look for me ma, I'll be there
[04:23.06] Wherever someboy's strugglin' for a place to stand
[04:30.69] For a decent job or a helpin' hand
[04:37.00] Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
[04:44.99] Look in their eyes ma, you'll see me"
[04:49.31] You'll see me, you'll see me
[04:52.73] You'll see me, you'll see me
[04:56.09] You'll see me, you'll see me
[04:59.59] You'll see me, you'll see me
[05:19.87] And the highway is alive tonight
[05:22.80] Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
[05:27.05] I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
[05:30.55] With the ghost of Tom Joad