Bruce Springsteen & Tom Morello - The ghost of Tom Joad (Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2009)

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 underpass
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

Solo

Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma
I'll be there
Wherever somebody's srtugglin' 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

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

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[Lucca Durán]

Morello using all his best known technics in this solo

[Sam Lawson]

If you don't like this, then go fuck yourself

[johnnyM809]

Utterly brilliant

[TheAngryWookie]

Tom's singing: Perfect. But I do agree that in some points in the outro solo a few of the things he did were kinda out there for the song. The scratching in particular just didn't hit it for me.

[Stephen Coder]

Sorry, but this song (The Ghost of Tom Joad) was writen by Springsteen in 1995. Arlo had nothing to do with it.

[panthermanson]

maravilloso ....!!!!!

[waldogheadify]

Some Pink Floyd types noises in this. Fanfuckingtastic.

[pdlp13]

i fucking love the comrade tom

[Grant Waner]

So good. Tom Morello for president!

[Ant Viado]

Bruce's face when going to the solo and very funny

[tim jacobs]

isnt there an osha law against guitar strings not trimmed, he could poke an eye out.... holy shit, the government just called me about it before i posted it, a new government intrusion, I LOVE THIS TUNE

[setonz]

for the cat that said that Tom's singing was bad Or his guitar playing was out of place ...Dude you've been watching to much American Idol . His singing & guitar playing is just fine.