Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Ghost of Tom Joad, artist - Modena City Ramblers. Date of issue: 02.10.2011
Song language: English
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |