Rage Against The Machine - The Ghost Of Tom Joad (Official HD Video)

Added on Mar 27, 2011 From RATMVEVO

Official HD video for "The Ghost of Tom Joad" by Rage Against the Machine
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Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Man walks along the railroad track
He's goin' some place and 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

[Chorus]
And the highway is alive tonight
Nobody's foolin' nobody as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here in a campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad

[Verse 2]
He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bag
The preacher lights up a bud 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 city's aqueducts

[Chorus]
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

[Verse]
Now Tom said
"Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against 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
You'll see me
You'll see me
You'll see me
You'll see me
You'll see me
You'll see me
You'll see me
You'll see me

[Chorus]
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

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@jasonbear4395 Says:

Oct 9, 2025 - This song will be revived again years from now. Probably from the ashes of this society. Hopefully the next artist will be a diamond in the rough who tries to be a phoenix of change.

@ElizabethFlynt-o4z Says:

Oct 7, 2025 - Damn, we need this band right now. Oct 7 25!

@CoreyCchikders Says:

Oct 7, 2025 - I love the ghost of Tom John he is definitely😢a powerful role model to look up to

@ReneVasquez-s2f9u Says:

Oct 7, 2025 - This is to all those who oppose discrimination and deprivation of the human to live and breath

@GregWard-nf9gz Says:

Oct 6, 2025 - Thinking of Portland and Chicago as I watch this.

@space.dolphin.adventures Says:

Sep 27, 2025 - ☄️

@PaulGadoury Says:

Sep 27, 2025 - Grapes of Wrath.

@DanJanTube Says:

Sep 23, 2025 - follow this up with Bomb Track

@williamoxendine3335 Says:

Sep 23, 2025 - 1 more time im geting hi on meth i love this song dam i see tom Jones

@argonunya8197 Says:

Sep 23, 2025 - I don't see anyone mentioning the Woody Guthrie version.