Rage Against The Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad (HQ)

Rage Against The Machine - The Ghost of Tom Joad.
From the CD single - The Ghost of Tom Joad. (1997)
(in HQ sound)

Lyrics:

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 as 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

Rock!

And 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; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn 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 strugglin' 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)

Rock!

And 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 Tom Joad.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• rage against the machine
• the ghost of tom joad
• alternative
• rock
• rap
• hip hop
• 90's

[mnvinn]

This song is raw as fuck

[mnvinn]

This was that RAW SHIT I would listen to growing up and this is still crazy as fuck

[soaringwithfreedom]

theres two versions of this the one on the album of renegades i dont like it but this one i love it sounds more raw!

[cuteshortme]

BADASS!!!!!!!!!!

[jtminutisme1]

Fuckin' Excellent!!!!!  This songos for all the Homeless

[hanaysex]

Homeless people had cd players?

[TheEvilInYou666]

@hanaysex It was over 10 years ago and it was a CD player... Dumbass

[hanaysex]

Do the homeless have ipods nowadays?

[pbpat23]

album version is better but whatever....great song!!

[TheEvilInYou666]

Love this song, reminds me of when i was homeless.... i listened to it all the time