Rage Against the Machine Ghost of Tom Joad Lyrics

Man walks 'long the railroad tracks
He's Goin' some place, and there's no turnin' back
Highway Patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
with Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sIeepin' in their cars out in the southwest
No Job, no home, no peace, no rest
The highway is alive tonight
nobody's foolin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls prayer book out of his sleepin' bag
the Preacher lights up a b___ 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 one way ticket to the promised land
with a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathing in the cities aqueduct
Rock !

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, "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born 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 pIace to stand
for 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
Nobody's foolin nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
with the ghost of Tom Joad