The Ghost Of Tom Joad

[ti:The Ghost Of Tom Joad] [ar:Bruce Springsteen] [al:The Essential Bruce Springsteen] [by:季风网-【http://www.ip21.cn】] [offset:0] The ghost of tom joad - Bruce Springsteen 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 nobodys 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 Where it's headed everybody knows I'm sittin down here in the campfire light Waitin on 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 somebodys strugglin to be free Look in their eyes mom youll see me Well the highway is alive tonight But nobodys kiddin nobody about where it goes I'm sittin down here in the campfire light With the ghost of old tom joad