Men walking 'long the railroad tracks
Going someplace, there's no going back
Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
No home, no job, no peace, no rest
Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
You 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
Bathing in the city's aqueduct
Well the highway is alive tonight
Where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
Now Tom said,
"Mom, wherever there's a cop beating 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 Mom you'll see me.'
Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
Well the highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[0:00.000]
[0:54.500]Men walking 'long the railroad tracks
[0:57.770]
[1:00.558]Going someplace, there's no going back
[1:03.870]
[1:05.438]Highway patrol choppers coming up over the ridge
[1:09.470]
[1:11.682]Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
[1:15.644]
[1:17.648]Shelter line stretching 'round the corner
[1:21.259]
[1:24.000]Welcome to the new world order
[1:27.381]
[1:29.134]Families sleeping in the cars in the southwest
[1:33.288]
[1:35.479]No home, no job, no peace, no rest
[1:39.098]
[1:40.884]Well the highway is alive tonight
[1:44.773]
[1:46.546]But nobody's kidding nobody about where it goes
[1:51.002]
[1:52.909]I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[1:56.634]
[1:59.334]Searching for the ghost of Tom Joad
[2:02.329]
[2:13.539]He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
[2:16.620]
[2:19.177]Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
[2:22.922]
[2:24.049]Waiting for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
[2:28.183]
[2:30.814]In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
[2:34.263]
[2:35.972]You got a one-way ticket to the promised land
[2:39.381]
[2:41.928]You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
[2:45.505]
[2:47.545]Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
[2:50.520]
[2:53.695]Bathing in the city's aqueduct
[2:56.722]
[2:58.767]Well the highway is alive tonight
[3:02.287]
[3:04.904]Where it's headed everybody knows
[3:08.410]
[3:09.765]I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
[3:13.217]
[3:16.193]Waiting on the ghost of Tom Joad
[3:19.269]
[4:35.590]Now Tom said,
[4:36.834]
[4:37.609]"Mom, wherever there's a cop beating a guy
[4:40.738]
[4:43.073]Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
[4:47.071]
[4:48.563]Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
[4:52.748]
[4:55.130]Look for me Mom I'll be there
[4:58.239]
[4:59.879]Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
[5:03.577]
[5:06.056]Or decent job or a helpin' hand
[5:09.669]
[5:11.128]Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
[5:14.848]
[5:17.519]Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me.'
[5:20.931]
[5:22.436]Well the highway is alive tonight
[5:25.881]
[5:27.827]But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
[5:32.076]
[5:33.746]I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
[5:37.225]
[5:40.123]With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[5:43.148]
[5:44.828]Well the highway is alive tonight
[5:48.355]
[5:50.222]But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
[5:54.729]
[5:56.422]I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
[5:59.527]
[6:02.506]With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[6:05.526]With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[6:08.482]With the ghost of old Tom Joad
[6:11.658]