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Man walks along the railroad track |
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He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' back |
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The Highway |
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Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridge |
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Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridge |
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The shelter line stretchin' around the corner |
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Welcome to the |
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New World |
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OrderFamilies sleepin' in their cars out in the |
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SouthwestNo job, no home, no peace, no rest, |
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NO REST!And |
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The highway is alive tonight |
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Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes |
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I'm sitting down here in the campfire light |
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Searchin' for the |
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Ghost of Tom |
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JoadHe pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag |
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The preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag |
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He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be last |
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In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass |
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With a one way ticket to the promised land |
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With a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand |
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Lookin' for a pillow of solid rock |
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Bathin' in the cities' aqueducts |
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And The highway is alive tonight |
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Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goes |
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I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light |
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With the Ghost of old |
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Tom JoadGuitar |
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SoloNow Tom |
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Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guyWherever a hungry new born baby criesWhereever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the airLook for me ma'I'll be thereWherever somebodies stuglin' for a place to standFor a decent job or a helpin' handWherever somebody is strugglin' to be freeLook in their eyes ma,You'll see me! (repeat 8 times)And the highway is alive tonightnobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goesI'm sittin' down here in the campfire lightWith the Ghost of Tom Joad. |
