In the corner of the barroom   Lives the ghost of Langston Hughes   He’s takin’ notes and smokin’ cigarettes   Sippin’ slowly on his booze   Got them goin’ nowhere blues      And on the stage beneath the spotlight   Woody Guthrie sings the news   He’s always ready for the good fight   Never thinkin’ that he’ll lose   Got them goin’ nowhere blues   Through the back way in the alley   Sellin all you should refuse   Looks like Jane has finally given in   Hey, what the hell it ain’t no use   Got them goin’ nowhere blues      Out the front around the corner   Martin Luther shines your shoes   He’s preachin’ justice and equality   I guess Martin’s payin’ dues   He’s got them goin’ nowhere blues      On the other side it’s a free ride   You’ve got money you can burn   When the ground shakes and the earth breaks   Which way you gonna turn   Are you ever gonna learn   In the poolroom on the table   Swillin’ wine and smashin’ cues   They locked him up last night for fighting   Cesar Chavez blew a fuse   He’s got them goin’ nowhere blues      All the members of the union   All the farm and labor crews   They used to be meet here by the dozens   They disappeared in ones and twos   Got them goin’ nowhere blues   So you wonder why they come here   They come here to look for clues   Passin’ time until they live again   To fight these going nowhere views   Leave these goin’ nowhere blues   To fight these goin’ nowhere views