The Ghost Of Tom Joad

SacTown Chronic · 01-20-2005, 08:23 AM

It's January 20 and I'm in a foul mood. The following isn't mine, heck, it isn't even a poem. It is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. An incredible cover was done by Rage Against The Machine. This song fits my mood and articulates my fears.

So, on inauguration day, I send out this tribute to the Bush administration:

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 a bridge

Shelter line stretchin' around the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
No home no job no peace no rest
No rest!

The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls 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 underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin in the city aqueduct

The highway is alive tonight
But 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 again' 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
You'll see me!

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

MouseWife · 01-21-2005, 06:20 PM

have you heard of the 'Axis of Justice'? Tom Morello {RATM} as the Highwayman is part of it....

01-20-2005, 08:23 AM	#1
SacTown Chronic the myth of the dream Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,217	The Ghost Of Tom Joad It's January 20 and I'm in a foul mood. The following isn't mine, heck, it isn't even a poem. It is a song written and performed by Bruce Springsteen. An incredible cover was done by Rage Against The Machine. This song fits my mood and articulates my fears. So, on inauguration day, I send out this tribute to the Bush administration: 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 a bridge Shelter line stretchin' around the corner Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest No home no job no peace no rest No rest! The highway is alive tonight But nobody's kiddin' nobody as to where it goes I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls 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 underpass Got a one-way ticket to the promised land You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock Bathin in the city aqueduct The highway is alive tonight But 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 again' 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 You'll see me! 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
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01-21-2005, 06:20 PM	#2
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	have you heard of the 'Axis of Justice'? Tom Morello {RATM} as the Highwayman is part of it.... __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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