Man walks along the railroad trackbr He's Goin' some place, there's no turnin' backbr The Highway Patrol chopper comin' up over the ridgebr Man sleeps by a campfire under the bridgebr The shelter line stretchin' around the cornerbr Welcome to the New World Orderbr Families sleepin' in their cars out in the Southwestbr No job, no hope, no peace, no rest, NO REST!br br And The highway is alive tonightbr Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goesbr I'm sitting down here in the campfire lightbr Searchin' for the Ghost of Tom Joadbr br He pulls his prayer book out of a sleepin' bagbr The preacher lights up a butt and takes a dragbr He's waitin' for the time when the last shall be first and the first shall be lastbr In a cardboard box 'neath the underpassbr With a one way ticket to the promised landbr With a hole in your belly and a gun in your handbr Lookin' for a pillow of solid rockbr Bathin' in the cities' aqueductsbr br And The highway is alive tonightbr Nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goesbr I'm sittin' down here in the campfire lightbr With the Ghost of old Tom Joadbr br Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guybr Wherever a hungry new born baby criesbr Whereever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the airbr Look for me ma'br I'll be therebr Wherever somebodies stuglin' for a place to standbr For a decent job or a helpin' handbr Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be freebr Look in their eyes ma,br You'll see me! (repeat 8 times)br br And the highway is alive tonightbr nobody's foolin' nobody is to where it goesbr I'm sittin' down here in the campfire lightbr With the Ghost of Tom Joad.