The Ghost Of Tom Joad Lyrics

The song The Ghost Of Tom Joad is performed by Rage Against the Machine in the album named Collection in the year 2010 .



Man walks along the railroad track
He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back
The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge
Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge
The shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the New World Order
Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwest
No job, no home, no peace, no rest, NO REST!

And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a butt 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 underpa*s
With a one way ticket to the promised land
With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts

And The highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of old Tom Joad

Guitar Solo

Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Whereever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma'
I'll be there
Wherever somebodies stuglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me! (repeat 8 times)

And the highway is alive tonight
nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
With the Ghost of Tom Joad.



Rage Against the Machine - Collection

Jun 2010

  1. Bombtrack
  2. Killing In The Name
  3. Take The Power Back
  4. Settle For Nothing
  5. Bullet In The Head
  6. Know Your Enemy
  7. Wake Up Album
  8. Fistful Of Steel
  9. Township Rebellion
  10. Freedom
  11. People Of The Sun
  12. Bulls on Parade
  13. Vietnow
  14. Revolver
  15. Snakecharmer
  16. Tire Me
  17. Down Rodeo
  18. Without A Face
  19. Wind Below
  20. Roll Right
  21. Year Of Tha Boomerang
  22. Microphone Fiend
  23. Pistol Grip Pump
  24. Kick Out The Jams
  25. Renegades Of Funk
  26. Beautiful World
  27. Im Housin
  28. In My Eyes
  29. How I Could Just Kill A Man
  30. The Ghost Of Tom Joad
  31. Down On The Street
  32. Street Fighting Man
  33. Maggies Farm
  34. Kick Out The Jams Live Version
  35. How I Could Just Kill A Man Live
  36. Testify
  37. Guerrilla Radio
  38. Calm Like A Bomb
  39. Mic Check
  40. Sleep Now In The Fire
  41. Born Of A Broken Man
  42. Born As Ghosts
  43. Maria
  44. Voice Of The Voiceless
  45. New Millennium Homes
  46. Ashes In The Fall
  47. War Within A Breath
  48. Bulls On Parade - Live
  49. Bullet In The Head - Live
  50. Born Of A Broken Man - Live
  51. Killing In The Name - Live
  52. Calm Like A Bomb - Live
  53. Testify - Live
  54. Bombtrack - Live
  55. War Within A Breath - Live
  56. Im Housin - Live
  57. Sleep Now In The Fire - Live
  58. People Of The Sun - Live
  59. Guerrilla Radio - Live
  60. Kick Out The Jams - Live
  61. Know Your Enemy - Live
  62. No Shelter - Live
  63. Freedom - Live

The Ghost Of Tom Joad