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(Bruce Springsteen Cover)

Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
No home no job no peace no rest

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

He pulls a 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 gun in your hand
Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city aqueduct

Refrain

Now tom said mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight against 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 a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes mom you'll see me.
(Bruce Springsteen Cover)      Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks   Goin' someplace there's no goin' back   Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the bridge   Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge   Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner   Welcome to the new world order   Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest   No home no job no peace no rest      Refrain: The highway is alive tonight   But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes   I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light   Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad      He pulls a 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 gun in your hand   Sleepin' on a pillow of solid rock   Bathin' in the city aqueduct      Refrain      Now tom said mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy   Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries   Where there's a fight against 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 a decent job or a helpin' hand   Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free   Look in their eyes mom you'll see me.