People Speak, The movie - The Ghost of Tom Joad lyrics
rate meMen walkin' 'long the railroad tracks<br>
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back<br>
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge<br>
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge<br>
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner<br>
Welcome to the new world order<br>
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest<br>
No home no job no peace no rest<br>
The highway is alive tonight<br>
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes<br>
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light<br>
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad<br>
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He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag<br>
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag<br>
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last<br>
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass<br>
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land<br>
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand<br>
Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock<br>
Bathin' in the city aqueduct<br>
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The highway is alive tonight<br>
Where it's headed everybody knows<br>
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light<br>
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad<br>
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Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy<br>
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries<br>
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air<br>
Look for me mom I'll be there<br>
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand<br>
Or a decent job or a helpin' hand<br>
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free<br>
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."<br>
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Well the highway is alive tonight<br>
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes<br>
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light<br>
With the ghost of old Tom Joad<br>
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