The Ghost Of Tom Lyrics

song lyrics The Ghost Of Tom Joad lyrics 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 song lyrics