The Ghost Of Tom Joad Lyrics

The song The Ghost Of Tom Joad is performed by Bruce Springsteen in the album named The Essential Bruce Springsteen in the year 2003 .



Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge

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 underpa*s
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
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 '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' down here in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad



Bruce Springsteen - The Essential Bruce Springsteen

Nov 2003

  1. Blinded By The Light
  2. For You
  3. Spirit In The Night
  4. 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
  5. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
  6. Thunder Road
  7. Born To Run
  8. Jungleland
  9. Badlands
  10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
  11. The Promised Land
  12. The River
  13. Hungry Heart
  14. Nebraska
  15. Atlantic City
  16. Born In The U.S.A.
  17. Glory Days
  18. Dancing In The Dark
  19. Tunnel Of Love
  20. Brilliant Disguise
  21. Human Touch
  22. Living Proof
  23. Lucky Town
  24. Streets Of Philadelphia
  25. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
  26. The Rising
  27. Mary's Place
  28. Lonesome Day
  29. American Skin (41 Shots) (Live At Madison Square Garden)
  30. Land of Hope and Dreams (Live At Madison Square Garden)
  31. From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)
  32. The Big Payback
  33. Held Up Without A Gun (Live)
  34. Trapped (Live)
  35. None But The Brave
  36. Missing
  37. Lift Me Up
  38. Viva Las Vegas
  39. County Fair
  40. Code Of Silence (Live)
  41. Dead Man Walkin'
  42. Countin' On A Miracle (Acoustic)

The Ghost Of Tom Joad